Get Outside, Its Good For Your Eyes

Recent research involving 10,000 participants found kids who are nearsighted spent 3.7 fewer hours a week outdoors than the kids with normal vision.  Nearsightedness is a genetic disorder that has been associated with the amount of time a child spends reading and a lack of physical activity.  Now there's this.  Even with speculation that the UV rays themselves may help vision.  But the interesting thing is, kids who read a lot in Australia also spend a lot of time outdoors, and they don't suffer the nearsightedness so much.  Could being outdoors make up for the excessive reading?  Being outside a lot actually protecting the eyes?  Hey look, use it.  Convince your kids to shut off the Wii, turn off the computer, get outside.  When I was a kid during the summers we were outside morning noon and early evening.  Only when it got dark were we expected back home.  Ever drive around a suburban New Jersey neighborhood now and really look around?  Where are the kids?  Even a nice summer days they're holed up in front of video games or blu-ray movies like little cave people.  So use this little research piece to scare your kids.  Add it to the "your face will freeze that way" repertoire.  Shut off Mario Brothers and get your butt outside before you GO BLIND!