Children's eyesight appears to be getting worse
Children's eyesight appears to be getting worse. That's according to a new study - published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology - which also shows that one in three children worldwide is now short sighted or unable to see things in the distance clearly -- and that number's likely to continue rising.
The highest rates are in Asia - 85% of children in Japan -- Paraguay and Uganda had some of the lowest levels of myopia, with the UK, Ireland and the US all at about 15%.
Denise Voon - Clinical Adviser to the College of Optometrists in the UK has been speaking to Newshour鈥檚 James Menendez
(Image: A short sighted girl reads text on computer; credit - Getty Images)
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