Wuhan school puts distance between students and myopia
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="primary">primary</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="installed">installed</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="desks">desks</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="chairs">chairs</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="sure">sure</span> <span word="pupils">pupils</span> <span word="adopt">adopt</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="correct">correct</span> <span word="posture">posture</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="reading">reading</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="avoid">avoid</span> <span word="eyestrain">eyestrain</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="risk">risk</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="becoming">becoming</span> <span word="shortsighted">shortsighted</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="increasingly">increasingly</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="affliction">affliction</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="children">children</span>.</p><p><span word="Zhang">Zhang</span> <span word="Jianmin">Jianmin</span>, <span word="headmaster">headmaster</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Zhanglin">Zhanglin</span> <span word="Primary">Primary</span> <span word="School">School</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Wuhan">Wuhan</span>, <span word="Hubei">Hubei</span> <span word="province">province</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="desks">desks</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="chairs">chairs</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="provided">provided</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="eye">eye</span> <span word="care">care</span> <span word="center">center</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>.</p><p><span word="Each">Each</span> <span word="desk">desk</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="adjustable">adjustable</span> <span word="steel">steel</span> <span word="bar">bar</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="eyes">eyes</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> 30 <span word="cm">cm</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="books">books</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> 92 <span word="primary">primary</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="middle">middle</span> <span word="schools">schools</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="monitored">monitored</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="department">department</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="education">education</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="prevent">prevent</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="eyestrain">eyestrain</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="desks">desks</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="chairs">chairs</span>, 56 <span word="sets">sets</span>, <span word="were">were</span> <span word="provided">provided</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="January">January</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="semester">semester</span> <span word="began">began</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="of">of</span> 42 <span word="first">first</span>-<span word="grade">grade</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="them">them</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="carried">carried</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="September">September</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="about">about</span> 7 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> 1,093 <span word="students">students</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="suffer">suffer</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="form">form</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="myopia">myopia</span>, <span word="often">often</span> <span word="referred">referred</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="nearsighted">nearsighted</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="exact">exact</span> <span word="cause">cause</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="myopia">myopia</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="unknown">unknown</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="result">result</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="genetic">genetic</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="environmental">environmental</span> <span word="factors">factors</span> , <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="reading">reading</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="poor">poor</span> <span word="light">light</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="text">text</span>.</p><p><span word="Most">Most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="schoolchildren">schoolchildren</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="migrant">migrant</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="Wuhan">Wuhan</span>. <span word="All">All</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="board">board</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Xinzhou">Xinzhou</span> <span word="district">district</span> <span word="school">school</span>.</p><p><span word="Yang">Yang</span> <span word="Lihua">Lihua</span>, <span word="head">head</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Wuhan">Wuhan</span> <span word="Youth">Youth</span> <span word="Eyecare">Eyecare</span> <span word="Center">Center</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="desks">desks</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="introduced">introduced</span> <span word="to">to</span> 19 <span word="schools">schools</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="trial">trial</span> <span word="basis">basis</span>.</p>
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