Could indigo light prevent nearsightedness in children?

Improved indoor lighting may prevent nearsightedness in children

Research has already shown that the more time children spend playing with screens indoors instead of playing outdoors, the more likely they are to develop myopia.

Restoring a missing slice of sunshine to indoor light may help prevent myopia

Research has already shown that the more time children spend playing with screens indoors instead of outdoors, the more likely they are to develop myopia. In fact, some experts predict that nearly 5 billion people (or 50% of the world's population) will be nearsighted by 2050.

Could indigo light prevent nearsightedness in children?

Study of tree shrews points to specific wavelengths of light that might help stave off myopia

Restoring missing sunlight indoors may help prevent myopia

Researchers have identified a narrow band of blue-violet light that prevented experimentally induced myopia in tree shrews, raising the possibility that the lighting used inside homes, schools and childcare facilities could influence how children’s eyes develop. The study, led by scientists at Cincinnati Children’s and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, found that exposure to […]