Kids need more sleep, less screen time

Digital device use is a recognised risk factor for dry eye disease, owing to reduced blink frequency and amplitude during screen use, with studies repeatedly proving this association in adults¹. More recently, and increasingly, the same appears to apply to children’s screen use too. A collaborative research study between Aston University in the UK and the Ocular Surface Laboratory in Auckland, Aotearoa, conducted at London’s 2018 Royal Society meeting, showed every additional hour of screen use increases the risk of dry eye diagnosis by 12% in adults².