Your current location:HOME >entertainment >Guidelines aim to reduce rate of childhood myopia 正文
TIME:2024-05-22 10:36:18 Source: Internet compilationEdit:entertainment
A series of guidelines were issued recently as part of China's efforts to control and prevent my
A series of guidelines were issued recently as part of China's efforts to control and prevent myopia among children and protect their ocular health.
Four government departments, including the Ministry of Education and the National Health Commission, released the guidelines this month, which is national myopia control and prevention month.
The guidelines said middle schools, primary schools and kindergartens in national experimental zones for child and adolescent myopia prevention and control must put up visual acuity charts. The measure aims to promote self-examination among students, allowing teachers and parents to monitor their visual health and take prompt action as needed.
The guidelines also said that all primary and middle schools should implement eye exercises and regular activities during breaks, ensuring students have more time for outdoor activities and looking into the distance to relieve visual fatigue.
The myopia rate among children and adolescents hit 52.7 percent last year, and the age range for the incidence of high myopia has shifted forward by two years to around six to 10 years old, the commission said.
The myopia rates are 35.6 percent for primary school students, 71.1 percent for secondary school students, and 80.5 percent for high school students. The lack of regular vision checkups, knowledge of eye care and time for outdoor activities are exacerbating the situation, it said.
Outdoor activities are important to students' eyesight because exposure to natural light can stimulate the release of dopamine in the retina, which slows the elongation of the eyeball and mitigates the onset of myopia.
However, some schools place too much emphasis on academic skills and drills that cut into the time students have for free play during breaks between classes. Some teachers use break time for lessons, and some schools restrict students' access to playgrounds during the 10-minute breaks to prevent potential conflicts among peers or other risks.
Realizing the significance of break time for students' physical and psychological well-being, China has repeatedly emphasized the importance of ensuring students' right to free play during their breaks.
At a news conference during the annual two sessions — the annual meetings of the national legislature and top political advisory body that concluded on Monday — Education Minister Huai Jinpeng said that to address issues such as poor eyesight and obesity among students, they should do one hour of exercise every day and be provided with ample break time to cultivate exercise habits.
Li Yanhu, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a physician at the General Administration of Sport's Institute of Sports Medicine, suggested adjusting schedules in primary and middle schools. For students up to the fifth grade, both class time and break time should be adjusted to half an hour, Li said, with 40-minute classes and 20-minute breaks for students from the sixth grade to middle school.
National People's Congress deputy Fan Xianqun, who is also deputy dean of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, attributed children's visual health issues to the overuse of eyes, lack of outdoor activities and sleeping time, and bad eye care habits. He suggested departments collaborate to explore the mechanism of myopia and enforce the "double reduction" policy that aims to reduce students' workloads by reducing homework and extracurricular tutoring.
New York's high court upholds requiring insurance to cover medically necessary abortions2024-05-22 10:13
New charges announced against 4 youths arrested in gunfire at event to mark end of Ramadan2024-05-22 09:30
10 spotted seals released into ocean off northeast China city2024-05-22 08:45
Nuggets, Thunder have chances to move into Round 2, and Boston seeks 32024-05-22 08:43
Haiti’s international airport reopens after gang violence2024-05-22 08:31
Reese Witherspoon looks every bit glamorous supporting Big Little Lies co2024-05-22 08:25
Gemma Collins reunites with her former TOWIE co2024-05-22 08:21
Crews to extinguish fire from train derailment near Arizona2024-05-22 08:13
Guardians ruin Francisco Lindor's Cleveland homecoming, trip Mets 32024-05-22 08:08
Arsenal survives scare at Tottenham and extends lead at the top to four points2024-05-22 08:05
Russian general who criticized equipment shortages in Ukraine is arrested on bribery charges2024-05-22 10:18
Wild onion dinners mark the turn of the season in Indian Country2024-05-22 09:50
The Canucks are starting a 3rd different goalie, Arturs Silovs, in Game 4 of series with Predators2024-05-22 09:33
Taijuan Walker makes a slick behind2024-05-22 09:28
Iran's nuclear policy unlikely to change even after president's death2024-05-22 09:08
Police officer hiring in US increases in 2023 after years of decline, survey shows2024-05-22 08:12
German police arrest a Russian man in connection with the fatal stabbings of 2 Ukrainian men2024-05-22 08:10
Rookie Langford's inside2024-05-22 08:09
Hush money trial: Trump witness Costello back on the stand after admonishment2024-05-22 08:06
Riley's RBI single in 10th lifts Braves to 42024-05-22 08:02