{"id":6551,"date":"2022-08-02T18:37:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T16:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/02\/explainer-has-the-covid-pandemic-caused-an-increase-in-shortsightedness-in-children\/"},"modified":"2022-08-02T18:37:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T16:37:04","slug":"explainer-has-the-covid-pandemic-caused-an-increase-in-shortsightedness-in-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/02\/explainer-has-the-covid-pandemic-caused-an-increase-in-shortsightedness-in-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Explainer: has the Covid pandemic caused an increase in shortsightedness in children?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Myopia is rising in children but experts say focus should be on spending time outdoors rather than reducing screen time<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/ng-interactive\/2018\/may\/15\/the-guardian-app?CMP=cvau_sfl\">free news app<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/guardian-australia-morning-mail\/2014\/jun\/24\/-sp-guardian-australias-morning-mail-subscribe-by-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning email briefing<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A rise in screen time during the pandemic has parents concerned about their children\u2019s eyesight, but experts have said more focus is needed on other types of prevention.<\/p>\n<p>Optometry Australia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optometry.org.au\/general_news\/optometry-australia-releases-its-2022-vision-index\/\">2022 Vision Index<\/a> survey, released last month, found that 64% of parents were concerned about the potential damage that spending more time looking at screens was doing to their children\u2019s eyesight.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2022\/aug\/03\/explainer-has-the-covid-pandemic-caused-an-increase-in-shortsightedness-in-children\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a50cabe60d89aee4591710f0e631612964145b05\/0_81_5166_3100\/master\/5166.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=44bd8c6640f9c275cd649ff4a0733b57\" title=\"Explainer: has the Covid pandemic caused an increase in shortsightedness in children?\" \/>Myopia is rising in children but experts say focus should be on spending time outdoors rather than reducing screen time<br \/>\nGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>A rise in screen time during the pandemic has parents concerned about their children\u2019s eyesight, but experts have said more focus is needed on other types of prevention.<br \/>\nOptometry Australia\u2019s 2022 Vision Index survey, released last month, found that 64% of parents were concerned about the potential damage that spending more time looking at screens was doing to their children\u2019s eyesight. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myopia is rising in children but experts say focus should be on spending time outdoors rather than reducing screen time Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcast A rise in screen time during the pandemic has parents concerned about their children\u2019s eyesight, but experts have said more focus is needed &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/02\/explainer-has-the-covid-pandemic-caused-an-increase-in-shortsightedness-in-children\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Explainer: has the Covid pandemic caused an increase in shortsightedness in children?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6551"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}