Myopia will affect 740m children and teenagers by 2050, research suggests
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Myopia, or shortsightedness, already affects more than one in three children and teenagers but experts say this number will rise sharply over the next few decades
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Original Title: Myopia will affect 740m children and teenagers by 2050. Analysis revealed a more than tripling in overall prevalence between 1990 and 2023, rising from 24% in 1990–2000 to 25% in 2001–10, followed by much sharper increases to 30% in 2011–19, and 36% in 2020–23.