{"id":107560,"date":"2024-09-27T15:26:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T08:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107560"},"modified":"2024-09-27T15:26:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T08:26:45","slug":"one-in-three-children-short-sighted-study-suggests-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107560","title":{"rendered":"One in three children short-sighted, study suggests | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eymMjjisLaE?autoplay=1&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>One in three children are now short-sighted or unable to see things in the distance clearly, a global study has found.<\/p>\n<p>Short-sightedness, or myopia, is a growing global health concern which is set to affect millions more children by 2050, the study warns.<\/p>\n<p>The study found 85% of children in Japan and 73% in South Korea are short-sighted with more than 40% affected in China and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Paraguay and Uganda, at about 1%, had some of the lowest levels of myopia, with the UK, Ireland and the US all about 15%.<\/p>\n<p>Short-sightedness tripled between 1990 and 2023, according to the study.<br \/>\nThe increase was &#8220;particularly notable&#8221; after the Covid pandemic, the researchers say, as children spent more time on screens and less time outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#Myopia #Eyesight #BBCNews<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eymMjjisLaE\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One in three children are now short-sighted or unable to see things in the distance clearly, a global study has found. Short-sightedness, or myopia, is a growing global health concern &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107560\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}