Expert recommendations on vision friendly built environments for myopia prevention and control in children and adolescents
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2026002
- VernacularTitle:儿童青少年近视防控视觉友好型室内外环境专家推荐
- Author:
PAN Chenwei, LI Danlin, HE Xiangui, LI Shiming, LIU Lei, ZHANG Xiujuan, GUO Yin, LIU Hu, HU Ke, WAN Wenjuan, ZHANG Xiaofeng, LUO Chunyan, YANG Jie, XU Hua, TAO Fangbiao
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Author Information
1. School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, Jiangsu Province, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Myopia;
Environment;
Preventive health services;
Health Promotion;
Child;
Adolescent
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2026;47(1):1-5
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Abstract:The prevention and control of myopia in Chinese children and adolescents has become a major public health issue. While maintaining increased outdoor activity as a cornerstone intervention, there is an urgent need to explore new complementary approaches that can be effectively implemented in both indoor and outdoor settings. In recent years, environmental spatial frequency has gained increasing attention as one of the key environmental factors influencing the development and progression of myopia. Both animal studies and human research have confirmed that indoor environments lacking mid to high spatial frequency components, often characterized as "visually impoverished", can promote axial elongation and myopia through mechanisms such as disruption of retinal neural signaling, impaired accommodative function, and altered expression of related molecules. Based on the scientific consensus, it is recommended that "enriching of environmental spatial frequency" should be integrated into the myopia prevention and control framework. Following the principles of schoolled organization, family cooperation, community involvement, and student participation, specific measures are put forward in three areas：optimizing school visual settings, improving home spatial environments, and promoting healthy visual behavior. The aim is to create "visually friendly" indoor environments as an important supplement to outdoor activity, thereby providing a novel perspective and strategy for comprehensively advancing myopia prevention and control among children and adolescents.
