BEING
highly educated means you are more likely to be shortsighted, scientists have found.
The length of time someone spends in education is linked to a greater risk of the condition, researchers said.
It is thought that years spent poring over books or staring at screens damages sight. The Bristol and Cardiff University researchers, whose study was published in the British Medical Journal, found every additional year of education was associated with a lessening of how effectively the eye’s lens refracts light.
A graduate with 17 years of education would be more short-sighted than someone who left school at 16.