Edit Millennial screen addiction

<p>This mindless and purposeless browsing means the number of hours we spend looking at screens has dramatically increased over the past 30 years which has correlated with a steep increase in short-sightedness and the search for vision correction with laser eye surgery.</p> <p>New research from Lasik Eyes which investigated the technology habits of 18-24-year-olds revealed that an alarming 1 in 6 young people is spending up to 11 hours a day staring at a screen – this is longer than most spend sleeping at night. Even when it comes to sleeping we are looking at our phones right up until we eventually nod off which has detrimental effects on our sleep cycle and vision. Nearly half of respondents claimed that they felt their eyes had significantly deteriorated as a result of prolonged use of a tech device.</p> <p><em>“The long term effects of these changes are unknown at present. However, in countries like Singapore, a society where computer use from a young age has increased over the last 3 decades, rates of short-sightedness have increased from 23% in 1980 to 86% in the year 2000!”</em></p>

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