[Beijing CDC reminds you] Interpretation of the “six-character formula” series of myopia prevention and control (2) Close to nature, protect the heart

Walking into the campus, entering the classroom, picking up the book, the children’s eyes are shining brightly, receiving new knowledge and exchanging new emotions. How to protect your eyes while using them? Children’s eye health problems have made parents in trouble again, don’t worry!

Beijing Municipal Health Commission, Beijing Municipal Education Commission, and Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention jointly formed the “Six Characters” for the Prevention and Control of Myopia in Children and Adolescents in Beijing “Tactics”, parents and children are requested to follow and jointly protect their children’s bright future.

Let’s take a closer look today!

Nature and Heart Window

Strengthen greening according to local conditions to create a visually pleasing environment.

Parents and children exercise together outdoors, and the eyes are bright in the sun.

Study motor skills diligently, and exercise lifelong training to protect the heart.

Close to nature, open your mind, be positive and harmonious.

1. Improve health awareness, develop healthy habits, and adhere to healthy behaviors: Encourage and support children and adolescents to participate in various forms of physical activities, and urge them to earnestly complete winter and summer sports Homework, master 1 or 2 sports skills, daytime outdoor activities for at least 2 hours a day, and guide to develop a lifelong exercise habit.

2. Create convenient and accessible sports venues and facilities: Increase venues and facilities suitable for children and adolescents’ outdoor activities and physical exercise, and continue to promote the development of various public sports facilities. Open to children and teenagers.

3. Create a social atmosphere in which all people actively participate in sports activities: Actively guide and support social forces to carry out various sports activities for children and adolescents, and carry out various winter sports activities in a targeted manner. Summer camps, training camps, sports events, etc., attract children and adolescents to participate in sports extensively, and mobilize social sports instructors at all levels to provide guidance for children and adolescents to participate in physical exercise.

4. Strengthen campus greening and ensure environmental protection: The latest research results show that every 0.1 unit increase in the NDVI vegetation index within the school range can slow down by 3.6% The prevalence of myopia in schools has increased. For non-myopia students, every 0.1 unit increase in the NDVI vegetation index of campus green plants can reduce the risk of myopia by 19.8%. Greening campuses according to local conditions, creating a visually friendly environment, and slowing down the increase in myopia prevalence through environmental interventions.

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Source || Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention