Jun 6, 2018

Haredim wear glasses more than others

Some sort of health research organization studied the levels of communities wearing glasses. Their findings are that Haredim (82%) wear glasses and are short-sighted much more than the general population. Next in line is the Dati community (50%), and the lowest is the secular public (30%). Dr Levin says that it is almost definite that the method of study from a young age reading a lot is a leading cause.
source: Haredim10

They probably spent millions researching something any religious kid could have told them.


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8 comments:

  1. NachumJune 06, 2018 4:35 PM

    I thought it was pretty well established that myopia is genetic and you don't get poor vision from your reading habits.

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    1. UnknownJune 06, 2018 6:33 PM

      There can be genetic factors but in addition to just "blaming" near work (reading) ,and the other environmental considerations SafeNSharp mentions in his reply, there has been tons of fascinating research very recent (past ten-fifteen yrs) on various eye "behaviors"( or how the eyes coordinate), what exactly triggers the eye to turn myopic (different people different triggers) - and various different ways to try and stop the cycle of give-glasses-number-continues-to-go-up. Sometimes these methods are really working against the genetic odds :) (because while a child may have the parents' genes/tendencies- no one tried top stop the parents' cycle) -full disclosure I am an optometrist

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    2. Eliezer EisenbergJune 06, 2018 7:07 PM

      I remember being told again and again very confidently that it was all genetic. Times have changed! I visited Dr. Ascovitz in Philadelphia many years ago, and he presciently told me that I was so myopic because I never was involved in outdoor sports, and if I wanted to slow down the galloping deterioration, I better get out and play basketball.

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  2. SafeNSharpJune 06, 2018 5:55 PM

    Australia and New Zealand have the lowest rates of myopia in the world. After adjusting for reading habits, race, diet, etc they found that those populations spend the most time outdoors, averaging 3 hours per day. And no, genetics dogma has been debunked. We're all born without glasses. Improper focusing at too close distances causes myopia. Google ,' push reading'

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  3. dlzJune 06, 2018 6:41 PM

    I became myopic before I knew how to read.

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  4. AnonymousJune 07, 2018 3:43 AM

    Common sense is that someone who reads and studies practically all day and even at night will eventually need glasses and that's why Torah students who could be at their seforim pretty much every day for most of the day wear glasses. That doesn't take too much of an IQ to understand this basic truth. Someone who works outdoors or for whatever reason is outdoors with natural sunlight will have better eyesight. Other than some genetic reason for bad eyesight or something, the truth is that more one reads and learns indoors will tend to get bad eyesight.

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  5. AnonymousJune 07, 2018 2:09 PM

    and that's just another sacrifice they are making...

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  6. JSJune 11, 2018 8:24 PM

    http://lifeinisrael.blogspot.com/2011/02/charedi-shuckeling-causes-myopia.html

    Also google: "myopia lakewood nj study"

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