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Daylight is good for nearsighted children
Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
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The American Medical Journal recently published information that the results of joint studies by specialists from Western Europe and Asia confirmed the benefits of daylight. Scandinavian scientists believe that daylight can be used to prevent myopia in both young children and adults.
The results of the research have once again confirmed the fact that walks in the fresh air should be present in the daily routine of each person. Previously, it was believed that time spent in the fresh air is useful for studying the environment and the general development of the child, but recent studies have proven that being outdoors can have a beneficial effect on health and vision in particular.
Scientists from Taiwan conducted a series of experiments involving more than three hundred primary school children. For the duration of the experiment, the schoolchildren were divided into two equal groups. For the children in the first group, the researchers suggested that half of their lessons, group lessons, and breaks be held outdoors, in the school yard. The children in the second group spent all their school lessons and breaks indoors, without going outside. Apart from that, there were no differences in the environment: the children ate the same food, attended the same lessons and group lessons, and did not take vitamins or any food additives.
Before starting the experiment, specialists checked the vision of each schoolchild in order to compare the results after the end of the school year. After ophthalmologists conducted a second vision check and compared the results of the indicators, doctors were able to draw conclusions about how much the environment and situation can affect the health of schoolchildren. The results of the experiment showed that daytime sunlight has a beneficial effect on children's vision and is necessary for maintaining eye health.
The results of the vision check showed that those children who spent a lot of time outdoors improved their vision, and many schoolchildren lost their myopia. Those children who spent all their time indoors and were deprived of daytime sunlight began to see worse: during the school year, vision indicators dropped significantly, and 40 people were diagnosed with myopia.
Asian ophthalmologists devote a lot of time to research that will help prevent vision deterioration in the future. More than eighty percent of children under 15 suffer from myopia, so specialists from Asia are fighting with all their might for the health of the younger generation.
At the moment, researchers cannot explain why sunlight can affect human vision, but in any case, it is worth spending enough time walking in the fresh air and being in the daytime sunlight. Nowadays, myopia is a disease that affects people of different ages and it is important to use every opportunity to avoid deterioration of vision.
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