The Myopia boom
51m 01s
- epidemy
- blind
- blindness
- Myopia
- Opération
- Youth
- Research
- lab
- Eye
- Studies
- scientists
- Vision
- Light
- Glasses
- Future
- Lifestyle
- Lens
- Screen
Short-sightedness is reaching epidemic proportions. Some scientists think they have found a reason why. East Asia has been gripped by an unprecedented rise in myopia. Today, up to 90% of Chinese teenagers and young adults are short-sighted. Other parts of the world have also seen a dramatic increase in the condition, which now affects around half of young adults in the USA and Europe.