SINGAPORE - To keep myopia at bay, children should play outdoors for two hours a day and avoid prolonged near-work.
That's the advice from the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC), as the daylight that the children are exposed to will play a vital part in helping to prevent or delay the onset of myopia, a vision disorder where distant objects appear blurry.
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