Myopia endgame initiative padlet by Jamahl Melhop https://padlet.com/jamahlfarai/xux0q0a6cs60oxsj a padlet for ending the myopia epidemic en-us 2023-09-08 09:51:16 UTC 2023-09-24 01:31:06 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f441.png making the most of the Myopia endgame initiative jamahlfarai https://padlet.com/jamahlfarai/xux0q0a6cs60oxsj/wish/2690454701 with the ME (myopia endgame) initiative we could solve childhood obesity and youth mental health issues as well.]]> 2023-09-08 09:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jamahlfarai/xux0q0a6cs60oxsj/wish/2690454701 How? jamahlfarai https://padlet.com/jamahlfarai/xux0q0a6cs60oxsj/wish/2690454702 we will end the myopia epidemic and prevent future generations by 
  1. reduce the time spent on near work
  2. increase time spent outdoors 
  3. get tech companies to make there software more 'eye friendly' (20-20-20 rule, breaks and less eye-straining User interfaces ) especially social media platforms ,educational apps and software, streaming services, videogame distributors and developers                                               
  4. getting Legislation on myopia prevention in educational settings and environments frequently children (afterschool clubs, youth clubs and societies, programmes and camps) and workplaces for myopic adults (to prevent further progression of it)
 
]]> 2023-09-08 09:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jamahlfarai/xux0q0a6cs60oxsj/wish/2690454702 why? jamahlfarai https://padlet.com/jamahlfarai/xux0q0a6cs60oxsj/wish/2690454703 Myopia is a growing health crises among children and teenagers which could go on to persists for decades and decades (myopia is lifelong and even once the patients are 18 when myopia stops it can still progress in adults if straining of the eyes carries on), there is high myopia and the possibility of losing sight as a result of myopia, myopia is on course to make 2.5 myopic by the end of this decade, and also we are on track to having 49.8 of the worlds population (yes that's half of the worlds population) myopic by 2050.]]> 2023-09-08 09:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jamahlfarai/xux0q0a6cs60oxsj/wish/2690454703 what you can do to help jamahlfarai https://padlet.com/jamahlfarai/xux0q0a6cs60oxsj/wish/2690474881 - reduce your children's time on screens
-take breaks from near work (reading, writing or other eye-straining activity's that always involve the eye to look up close)
-Get them to be outside as much as possible 
-Raise awareness of Myopia and Myopia prevention at PTA or PTO meetings, meetings with the schools board and at parenting gatherings and associations ]]> 2023-09-08 10:05:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jamahlfarai/xux0q0a6cs60oxsj/wish/2690474881 Welcome jamahlfarai https://padlet.com/jamahlfarai/xux0q0a6cs60oxsj/wish/2717562610 hello my name is Jamahl melhop i am 15 and i am from new Zealand , I am the director and founder of the myopia endgame initiative (MEI). The Myopia endgame initiative goal is to end the current global epidemic of Myopia and prevent future generations from getting myopia. ]]> 2023-09-24 01:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jamahlfarai/xux0q0a6cs60oxsj/wish/2717562610