National Poll on Children’s Health at University of Michigan Health, US, questioned 2,002 parents of children over three
Half of parents are in the dark about the major impact screen time has on their children’s eye health
Parents should encourage children to spend at least one to two hours outside daily
Less than a third think wearing sunglasses outdoors has an impact
1 in 7 say their child hasn’t had a vision test or seen an eye doctor in the last two years
References
- C.S. Mott, Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health at University of Michigan Health, [Online ahead of print] (2022).
- SJ Clark, C.S. Mott, Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health, University of Michigan (2022). Available at: https://mottpoll.org/reports/keeping-eye-childrens-vision.
