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Consensus and guidelines on myopia control in children by the Taiwan Myopia Disease Society

open access: yesTaiwan Journal of Ophthalmology
PURPOSE: Myopia is a major public health concern in East Asia. Despite available interventions, clinical variations persist in diagnosis and treatment. This study aimed to develop consensus-based clinical recommendations for myopia control in Taiwanese ...
Jui-Yen Lin   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lifestyle Factors in Myopic Spanish Children

open access: yesChildren
Background: Childhood myopia represents a global concern with increasing prevalence in recent decades. Lifestyle factors significantly impact myopia. Aim: To evaluate lifestyle factors in myopic children from a metropolitan area in Europe.
Noemí Güemes-Villahoz   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Motivation and Habits of a Wild Boar-Hunting Community

open access: yesAnimals
The wild boar (Sus scrofa) is a widespread ungulate, the populations of which have recently increased throughout most of its range. This increase has caused negative impacts on ecosystems, biodiversity, and society.
Vasileios J. Kontsiotis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hypovitaminosis D in university workers in Southern Ecuador: interactions between gender and lifestyle

open access: yesFrontiers in Nutrition
BackgroundHypovitaminosis D may be common in tropical countries and is linked to disorders of phospho-calcium metabolism, rickets, muscle pain, immune system deficiencies, and increased susceptibility to microbial infections.ObjectiveTo assess the ...
Patricia Díaz   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Time spent outdoors in childhood is associated with reduced risk of myopia as an adult

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Myopia (near-sightedness) is an important public health issue. Spending more time outdoors can prevent myopia but the long-term association between this exposure and myopia has not been well characterised.
Gareth Lingham   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

A publicidade e os símbolos raciais

open access: yesComunicação & Educação, 1995
Sobre a campanha publicitária da Benetton, o artigo procura identificar no slogan United Colors of Benetton, colado sobre modelos das raças branca e negra, uma união das raças através das cores, mas considera que no Brasil nem todos os anúncios podem ser
Solange M. Couceiro de Lima
doaj  

Factors associated with going outdoors frequently: a cross-sectional study among Swiss community-dwelling older adults

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2020
Objective This study examines potential risk and protective factors associated with going outdoors frequently among older persons, and whether these factors vary according to physical limitations.Design Cross-sectional analysis.Setting and participants ...
Christophe Büla   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Myopic shift and outdoor activity among primary school children: one-year follow-up study in Beijing. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
PURPOSE: To assess whether a change in myopia related oculometric parameters of primary school children in Beijing was associated with indoors and outdoors activity.
Yin Guo   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tourism in the outdoors : but whose outdoors?

open access: yes, 2015
Using the outdoors for tourism, general recreation, and education is perceived to be environmentally friendly, but as numbers increase concerns of over-commercialisation, overcrowding, environmental degradation, and longterm sustainability issues of global warming and social inequity, are being raised. These problems are exacerbated because individuals
openaire   +2 more sources

Could Children’s Myopization Have Been Avoided during the Pandemic Confinement? The Conjunctival Ultraviolet Autofluorescence (CUVAF) Biomarker as an Answer

open access: yesBiomedicines
Background: The objective of this study was to evaluate the association of the presence of conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence (CUVAF) with the level and progression of myopia and the impact of reduced sunlight exposure during the COVID-19 pandemic
Miriam de la Puente   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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