Over a 3 - year period, 40 minutes of extra sunlight per day reduced the overall rate of near - sightedness in kids by 10 %, according to new research published today in The Journal of the American Medical Association. (sciencemag.org)
Some students moved between the Eastern Time Zone and the Central Time Zone, thereby gaining extra sunlight in the morning before school, while others moved from the Central Time Zone to the Eastern Time Zone, thereby losing some sunlight before school starts. (educationnext.org)