【Protect vision, prevent and control myopia】——A letter to parents and friends!

Dear Parents and Friends,

Hello! In recent years, the myopia rate of children and adolescents on the mainland has been rising, and myopia has shown a trend of high incidence and young age, which seriously affects the physical and mental health of children, and must be highly valued and cannot be allowed to develop, which is a big problem related to the future of the country and the nation. The party and the state attach great importance to the prevention and control of myopia in students, and General Secretary Xi Jinping has made an important instruction: ask the whole society to take action to jointly care for the eyes of children and let them have a bright future.

Myopia is preventable and controllable, but irreversible. As the first line of defense for the prevention and control of children's myopia, parents should establish a sense of prevention and control of "early monitoring, early detection, early warning, and early intervention" for their children's vision health, and effectively assume the responsibility of supervision.

In order to strengthen the prevention and control of myopia in children and adolescents and care for children's eye health, we hereby issue the following initiatives to you:

First, parents and children work together to develop a daily schedule.

Families should create a good atmosphere, parents help children maintain learning rules and life rhythms, to ensure that children have regular work and rest, adequate sleep, and appropriate amounts of physical activity.

Second, guide children to develop good eye and living habits.

Don't eat, walk, lie down, ride in a car, read, write, or use electronic products in dim light or direct sunlight. Reasonable diet, balanced nutrition, develop a good habit of eating more fruits and vegetables, not picky eating, and eating less sweets.

Third, increase outdoor activities under natural light conditions.

Ensure that outdoor activities under natural light conditions are not less than 2 hours a day, full exposure to sunlight can effectively prevent the occurrence and development of myopia, increase family companionship, and encourage the cultivation of children's sports hobbies.

Fourth, consciously control children's use of electronic products.

The cumulative length of the day should not exceed 1 hour, and for every 15-20 minutes of use, you should rest and relax for 10 minutes to cultivate your child's awareness of eye care. Parents must lead by example by regulating the use of electronic products and not using electronic products when accompanying their children.

Fifth, urge and remind children to maintain the correct posture when reading and writing.

Adhere to the "three one principles" (that is, the eyes are one foot away from the book, the chest is a fist away from the edge of the table, and the finger holding the pen is one inch away from the tip of the pen), the continuous eye time of reading and writing should not exceed 40 minutes, and the "3 20 eye protection rules" should be followed (that is, 20 minutes of close-up use of the eyes, 20 seconds of looking away from 20 feet (6 meters)). Parents should provide their children with suitable desks and chairs and a lighting environment without stroboscopic flashes.

Sixth, strengthen the teaching of eye care and eye protection awareness of prevention and control.

Inform your child that when he finds that he cannot see the text on the blackboard or the objects in the distance, he or she must inform the parents in time. Parents should always observe and ask about the child's vision health and behavior habits, and when they find that the child squints his eyes, rubs his eyes frequently, and sees distant objects that are not clear, he will take his child to a regular hospital for examination in time.

Seventh, be wary of false propaganda that myopia can cure.

Once the child is diagnosed with myopia, he should actively correct it to avoid the rapid development of myopia. Up to now, there is no way to cure myopia in medicine, and only through scientific correction and improvement of eye habits can be avoided. Do not believe in the publicity and commercial marketing that can cure myopia, unscientific treatment may lead to further loss of children's vision.

8. Improve awareness of myopia prevention and regular eye health examinations.

Parents should go to a regular hospital every 3-6 months to conduct an eye refractive development and visual function examination for their children, establish a visual health file for their children, understand the changes in children's vision, diopter and eye axis, timely early warning, and early prevention and control.

Parents and friends, children and adolescents myopia prevention and control work needs our joint efforts, children are the hope of the family, but also the future of the motherland, let us join hands to take care of children's eyes, so that they have a bright future.