More and more kids need glasses. Experts are blaming too much screen time.
If current average tech habits continue, eye doctors predict half the world’s population will be nearsighted by 2050.
Kids spending too much time on screens has been directly linked to pediatric myopia that could develop more severe complications like retinal detachment.
Reset learns more about why screens are so damaging to kids’ eyes and what we can do to curb the effect.
GUESTS: Lisa Thompson, MD, attending physician of Pediatric Ophthalmology at Cook County Health
Noreen Shaikh, OD, Optometrist at Lurie Children’s Hospital
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More and more kids need glasses. Experts are blaming too much screen time.
If current average tech habits continue, eye doctors predict half the world’s population will be nearsighted by 2050.
Kids spending too much time on screens has been directly linked to pediatric myopia that could develop more severe complications like retinal detachment.
Reset learns more about why screens are so damaging to kids’ eyes and what we can do to curb the effect.
GUESTS: Lisa Thompson, MD, attending physician of Pediatric Ophthalmology at Cook County Health
Noreen Shaikh, OD, Optometrist at Lurie Children’s Hospital