I have fairly severe myopia so I am interested in research in this area. I have an unconventional eye doctor that believes that too much time reading and doing up close work does contribute to myopia. I suspect it is a nature and nurture issue that combines a genetic weakness for myopia with a lot of time spent doing close up work as a child. I definitely spend most of my asthmatic childhood inside reading instead of outside running around, but I also have a mother who is just as blind as I am. The sunlight discovery is pretty interesting stuff. Perhaps my mom should have made me read outside instead…
