I wonder, wouldn't this mean that in nordic countries, where in winter get less than 6 hours of sunlight in total, and where that sunlight is mostly obstructed by heavy clouds, would be the place with most myopia in the world? For example in Latvia where I grew up, winters last from november to march-april, the nights are long, and it can be months without any sunlight. And it gets darker once you go further north - Finland, Norway, Sweden. But back in my preschool, we had 1-4 kids per 30 in the class, with any eye problems. I myself was among those few who had hypermedia, some even got rid of it by age 10-13. And if I look at the my parents, and grandparents - even fewer had need for eye correction.
4gotunameagain|3 months ago
One way to test it out would be the rates of myopia of people from lower latitudes that have migrated to the nordics.
skandinaff|3 months ago