If myopia is partly hereditary, does it still help to practise good eye care habits?
A. As the current research evidence shows that an important environmental factor is near work, it is important for the children to take vision breaks to limit the duration of continuous near work and to practise good eye care habits. This may help to delay the early onset of myopia in young children. The severity of myopia is closely related to the age of onset. That is, if an individual who has myopia at a young age, there is a greater likelihood that the myopia will be more severe as he or she grows older.
