Myopia (near-sightedness): Increased time spent indoors and increased “near work” activities are leading to more people suffering from myopia. Increased outdoor time can reduce this risk.
For more information about the report please see:
https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/08-10-2019-who-launches-first-world-report-on-vision
Prescription to slow worsening myopia in Canadian kids? Head outdoors
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/myopia-children-1.4627366
Too much screen time linked to an epidemic of myopia among young people
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-02-screen-linked-epidemic-myopia-young.html
The Associations between Near Visual Activity and Incident Myopia in Children
https://www.aaojournal.org/article/S0161-6420(17)33464-4/fulltext
Myopia Prevention and Outdoor Light Intensity in a School-Based Cluster Randomized Trial.