Children are at greater risk of becoming short-sighted if they do not play outside and instead stay indoors watching TV, reading or playing computer games research has found.
Research carried out in Australia on 4,000 schoolchildren found that 12-year-olds who spent the most time doing ‘near-work’, such as sitting in front of a computer or TV or reading, and the least time outside had the greatest chance of being near-sighted.
The children who spent the longest amount of time outside had the lowest rates of short-sightedness no matter how much ‘near-work’ they did.
And there were still lower rates of myopia in children who spent a lot of time outside but not playing sport.
Children with low outdoor and high near-work activity had two to three-fold higher risk of myopia than the children who spent the most time outside.
A high level of outdoor activity was defined as more than 2.8 hours a day while less than 1.6 hours was classed as a low level of outdoor activity. The reason for the differences is the intensity of light outside.
In response to intense light, the retina releases dopamine which inhibits eye growth, affecting the shape of the eye.
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When asked if there were a new sport in the Olympics that he would win a gold in, Diddy said:
“Who could have sex the longest. I think that’s an event I can do well in. And probably who could stay up the longest. Just so you know, that’s supposed to be funny. Even though I am serious.”
Luckily, I will never know just how right or wrong Diddy is when he says that. I prefer not to have sex with men who look just like rats. Freaks me out a bit.
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August 13th, 2008
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama enjoys a little one-on-one time with daughter Malia Tuesday during a family vacation in Kailua, Hawaii.
In an exclusive interview with In Touch, 28-year-old Kelli Dawson reveals that she and Casey, 19, were romantically involved — and were still sleeping together when Jamie Lynn, now 17, was six months pregnant with his child.
The pair first met in November 2006. At the time, Casey was already dating Jamie Lynn, but the sexual chemistry between Casey and Kelli was instant. “We were both really attracted to each other,” Kelli reveals.
“He totally instigated it and pursued me. His friends would tell me that he liked me, that he thought I was pretty.” It wasn’t really “hot and heavy,” Kelli admits, until the spring of 2007.
The pair didn’t bother to hide their relationship. “Kelli and Casey have been a couple on and off for a few years,” confirms Jason Alexander, Britney Spears’ first husband.“They were a really tight couple, but I think it was hard for Kelli, having Jamie Lynn in the picture.”
Well, Jamie hasn’t gotten married yet. She still has time to run. That’s how these country folk do it. When these sluts aren’t giving oral to their cousin or stepbrother, they’re sleeping with a friend whose girlfriend is knocked up. Kelli’s a 28-year-old, then 26, banging a 17-year-old?! Redneck, trailer trash, skank!
- BB
