PUPILS HELPED BY DAYLIGHT

Experts say the odds of a youngster developing myopia fall by 90 per cent just by having two or three hours in natural light each day.

The Australian researchers dismiss the belief that the condition is caused by children reading or looking at TVs and computers too much.

Because of their outdoor lifestyle, few Australians had myopia, the study of more than 4,000 school pupils found.

When they studied children of Chinese origin, scientists found that in Singapore about 30 per cent had myopia, compared with just three per cent in Sydney.

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