The survey found that the number of junior high school students with visual acuity of less than 1.0 exceeded 60% for the first time.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology wants to consider countermeasures, considering that the background is the increase in opportunities to use digital terminals.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology is investigating the developmental status by extracting some of the results of health examinations of national, public and private kindergartens, elementary and junior high schools, and high schools nationwide, and the period will be longer than usual due to the spread of infection. I am extending it.
Last year, the percentage of eyesight with the naked eye less than 1.0 was
slightly improved from the previous year to 36.9% for elementary school students, but it
deteriorated by 2 points to 60.3% for junior high school students, exceeding 60% for the first time since 1979 when the survey was started. I did.
In addition,
the visual acuity of high school students, who have already exceeded 60%, worsened to 64.4%.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology considers that the increase in opportunities to use digital terminals such as the spread of smartphones is the background of the deterioration of eyesight, and wants to consider measures based on the fact-finding survey of myopia.
On the other hand, the rate of obesity tendency decreased from the previous year to
11% for 6th graders
and 9% for 3rd graders and 3rd graders.
By region, the proportion of boys in sixth grade who tend to be obese exceeded 20% in Fukushima and Miyazaki prefectures, nearly three times the lowest rate of 7.4% in Hyogo prefecture.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology says, "It is thought that we have gradually returned to the amount of exercise before the corona, but we would like to continue to call for a healthy life through a well-balanced diet and exercise."