Japanese kids going blind on computers & TV

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Lifestyle causes myopia, not genes
16:07 08 July 04 / New Scientist
Contrary to popular belief, people in east Asia are no more genetically susceptible to short-sightedness than any other population group, according to researchers who have analysed past studies of the problem.
The epidemics of myopia in countries such as Singapore and Japan are due solely to changes in lifestyle, they say, and similar levels could soon be seen in many western countries as lifestyles there continue to change.
"As kids spend more time indoors, on computers or watching telly, we are going to become just as myopic," says Ian Morgan of the Australian National University in Canberra.

[khusam]

This study seems like BS to me. Both of my parents are opticians, and my granddad was as well. They have all commented on the short-sightedness of Japanese people/other asians.

SUDDEN IDEA!

Ooh... Have Asian people been watching TV and playing great video games for generations previous to ours?

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soy and fish oil poisoning

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Not only do I spend too much time at a computer, but my monitor is old and blurry.. very blurry.. If I ever want to read kanji I have to bump the font in mozilla up like 7 steps. Still got 20/20 vision, or at least I did a couple years ago.. maybe I should get my eyes checked again, seeing as according to this article I should probably be half blind by now, with my computer usage.