{"id":44740,"date":"2022-11-01T00:08:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T04:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reviewofmm.com\/?p=44740"},"modified":"2022-10-31T09:56:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T13:56:23","slug":"myopic-children-often-lead-unhealthy-lifestyles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reviewofmm.com\/myopic-children-often-lead-unhealthy-lifestyles\/","title":{"rendered":"Myopic Children Often Lead Unhealthy Lifestyles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>November 1, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many children and adolescents have developed unhealthy lifestyles, which affect their visual and overall health. These risk factors developed before COVID-19, but the pandemic exacerbated these trends.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peer-reviewed research has identified an inverse relationship between sleep duration and juvenile-onset myopia, i.e., less than optimal sleep results in a greater prevalence of myopia. Consider the following data points:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Odds of myopia were 41% less in subjects with more than nine hours of sleep compared with those with less than five hours of sleep after adjusting for sex, age, education levels, and economic status (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/aos.12776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Jee et al., 2016<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Children with more than seven hours of sleep have 3.37 times more risk for myopia than those with more than nine hours of sleep (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scirp.org\/html\/10-8202638_41699.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Gong et al., 2014<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Myopic children demonstrate more night-to-night variability in sleep duration than non-myopic children (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tvst.arvojournals.org\/article.aspx?articleid=2770643\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Ostrin et al., 2021<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How much sleep should we recommend to children and adolescents? The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleephealthjournal.org\/article\/S2352-7218(15)00160-6\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>U.S. National Sleep Foundation <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">advises the following sleep guidelines:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preschoolers (ages 3-5): 10-13 hours per night<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School-age children (ages 6-13): 9-11 hours per night<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teenagers (ages 14-17): 8-10 hours per night\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other lifestyle risk factors that can influence juvenile-onset myopia include:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poorly balanced diet with high caloric intake, including excessive carbohydrates and less than optimal daily portions of fruits and vegetables<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excessive consumption of soda, energy drinks, and other sugar-laden beverages and not enough water consumption<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excessive screen time<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sedentary lifestyle with inadequate physical exercise and outdoor playtime<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sedentary behavior and poor diet often lead to obesity. Many children and adolescents sit motionless in front of digital devices most of the day with just their fingers and eyes moving. This sedentary behavior is unquestionably myopigenic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Childhood obesity is a serious problem in the United States, putting children and adolescents at risk for a lifetime of poor health. According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/obesity\/data\/childhood.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>CDC<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, about one in five children and adolescents are considered obese. Obesity-related chronic health conditions include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, breathing problems such as asthma and sleep apnea, and joint problems.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eye care professionals must take a holistic view of every patient, especially children and adolescents, and make appropriate lifestyle recommendations to ensure optimal general and visual health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Best professional regards,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32477\" src=\"https:\/\/reviewofmm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Dwight-signature3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reviewofmm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Dwight-signature3.png 151w, https:\/\/reviewofmm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Dwight-signature3-150x70.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 151px) 100vw, 151px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dwight H. Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chief Medical Editor<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong><a href=\"mailto:dwight.akerman@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dwight.akerman@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Many children and adolescents have developed unhealthy lifestyles, which affect their visual and overall health. These risk factors developed before COVID-19, but the pandemic exacerbated these trends.\u00a0 Peer-reviewed research has identified an inverse relationship between sleep duration and juvenile-onset myopia, i.e., less than optimal sleep results in a greater prevalence of myopia. Consider the following data points: Odds of myopia were 41% less in subjects with more than nine hours of sleep compared with those with less than five hours of sleep after adjusting for sex, age, education levels, and economic status (Jee et al., 2016). Children with more than seven hours of sleep have 3.37 times more risk for myopia than those with more than nine hours of sleep (Gong et al., 2014). Myopic children demonstrate more night-to-night variability in sleep duration than non-myopic children (Ostrin et al., 2021).\u00a0 How much sleep should we recommend to children and adolescents? The U.S. National Sleep Foundation advises the following sleep guidelines:\u00a0 Preschoolers (ages 3-5): 10-13 hours per night School-age children (ages 6-13): 9-11 hours per night Teenagers (ages 14-17): 8-10 hours per night\u00a0 Other lifestyle risk factors that can influence juvenile-onset myopia include:\u00a0 Poorly balanced diet with high caloric intake, including excessive carbohydrates and less than optimal daily portions of fruits and vegetables Excessive consumption of soda, energy drinks, and other sugar-laden beverages and not enough water consumption Excessive screen time Sedentary lifestyle with inadequate physical exercise and outdoor playtime Sedentary behavior and poor diet often lead to obesity. Many children and adolescents sit motionless in front of digital devices most of the day with just their fingers and eyes moving. This sedentary behavior is unquestionably myopigenic.\u00a0 Childhood obesity is a serious problem in the United States, putting children and adolescents at risk for a lifetime of poor health. According to the CDC, about one in five children and adolescents are considered obese. Obesity-related chronic health conditions include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, breathing problems such as asthma and sleep apnea, and joint problems.\u00a0 Eye care professionals must take a holistic view of every patient, especially children and adolescents, and make appropriate lifestyle recommendations to ensure optimal general and visual health. Best professional regards, Dwight H. Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Chief Medical Editor dwight.akerman@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":258,"featured_media":31987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1625,1352],"tags":[4071,4076,1106,1810,4078,1622,1363,4079,452,698,1067,1584,4070,4075,4074,1476,4073,4077,4072],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Myopic Children Often Lead Unhealthy Lifestyles - Review of Myopia Management<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/reviewofmm.com\/myopic-children-often-lead-unhealthy-lifestyles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Myopic Children Often Lead Unhealthy Lifestyles - Review of Myopia Management\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"November 1, 2022 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA, FIACLE Many children and adolescents have developed unhealthy lifestyles, which affect their visual and overall health. 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