China News Service, Beijing, July 13 (Zhang Ni Zhang Yilin) In early July, primary and secondary schools began their summer vacations one after another. Letting children spend a safe and healthy summer vacation is a practical problem facing every family.
On the 13th, the National Health Commission held a press conference to introduce the prevention and control of myopia in children and adolescents in China and the health of summer students, and responded to the concerns of parents such as "small glasses" and "little fat piers".
Data map: Senior three students of Shanxi Taiyuan Second Foreign Language School are taking classes in the school to prepare for the upcoming 2021 college entrance examination.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Yun
The overall myopia rate of Chinese children and adolescents is 52.7%
Zainawudong Yushan, deputy director of the National Health Commission's Disease Control Bureau, said that in the first half of 2020, the entire family's home anti-epidemic reduced the time for outdoor activities and relaxing eyes, which brought challenges to the prevention and control of myopia.
In order to comprehensively assess the myopia rate, a special survey on myopia was launched from September to December 2020, covering 8,604 schools across the country, and screening 2.477 million students.
The survey results show that the basic situation of the overall effectiveness of myopia prevention and control across the country has been initially demonstrated, and the early detection of myopia in students has been alleviated to a certain extent.
In 2020, the overall myopia rate of children and adolescents in my country is 52.7%, which is a decrease of 0.9% compared with 53.6% in 2018.
In 2020, the myopia rate of 6-year-old children will exceed 9%, and the highest rate can reach 19.1%.
The rate of myopia in elementary school is increasing rapidly, and kindergartens and elementary schools are the key age stages for myopia prevention and control in our country.
The problem of myopia and young age is prominent, and high myopia cannot be ignored
The problem of myopia and younger age among children in our country is still prominent.
In 2020, the myopia rate of 6-year-old children will exceed 9%, and the highest rate can reach 19.1%.
The rate of myopia in elementary school is increasing rapidly, and kindergartens and elementary schools are the key age stages for myopia prevention and control in our country.
Zainawudong Yushan said that further efforts are needed to prevent and control the development of high myopia.
High myopia is prone to cause a variety of serious complications, such as cataracts, retinal detachment, and glaucoma. It is a blinding eye disease that is focused on prevention and treatment.
Monitoring in 2020 shows that nearly 10% of myopia students have high myopia, and the proportion increases with grades. Among the 6-year-old children in kindergarten, 1.5% have high myopia, and 17.6% in high school. The hazards still cannot be ignored.
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0-6 years old is a very important stage for myopia prevention and control
In June of this year, the National Health Commission issued the "Specifications for Eye Care and Vision Inspection Services for Children 0-6 Years Old", proposing to provide eye care and vision inspection services for 0-6 years old.
The press conference also emphasized that 0-6 years old is a very important stage of myopia prevention and control.
The National Health Commission continues to strengthen the eye care and vision inspection services for children aged 0-6, and incorporates eye care and vision inspections for children aged 0-6 into the national basic public health services as an important part of the health management of children aged 0-6.
In 2020, the coverage rate of children's eye care and vision examination is 91.8%, which basically covers all pre-school children.
At the same time, standardize eye care and vision examination services for children aged 0-6, promote the establishment of a child eye health service network, and provide services for children who need more professional eye examinations and treatment interventions.
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Is myopia correction surgery to be done?
Regarding myopia correction surgery, Wang Ningli, chairman of the Public Health Ophthalmology Branch of the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, introduced four types of correction methods: wearing glasses, contact lenses, corneal refractive surgery, and endoscopic implantation.
Corneal refractive surgery removes the glasses is one of the methods of myopia correction, and the safety of the corrective surgery itself is high and reliable.
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"The most important criterion is to look at the degree of the eye, especially in the last two years, whether the degree of progress per year has exceeded 50 degrees. If it exceeds 50 degrees, the operation will not be performed, which means that it is still in the advanced stage." Wang Ningli introduced, eyes. There is a process in the development of the females. Generally, girls are about 18 years old, and the eye development enters a stable period. Boys are a little later than girls, and they also enter a stable period in their 20s.
Data map photo by Cui Lin
Children under 6 years of age have more obesity problems in rural areas than in cities
In addition to the "small glasses", many children and adolescents have the problem of "small fat". The press conference introduced the current state of obesity in children and adolescents across the country and the current prevention and control measures taken, and made relevant recommendations.
"With regard to obesity in children and adolescents, everyone will feel that more and more obese children are visible to the naked eye." According to Zhao Wenhua, chief expert in nutrition at the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the overweight and obesity rate of children and adolescents aged 6-17 in my country is nearly 20%. The following children have an overweight and obesity rate of more than 10%.
Zhao Wenhua introduced at the press conference that special attention should be paid to the problem of overweight and obesity in children under 6 years of age, especially obesity, which surpasses urban areas in rural areas.
Data map: Medical staff check eyesight for children.
Photo by Ma Mingyan
Encourage children to drink more water and less sugary drinks
At the meeting, a reporter asked, cultivating good living habits plays an important role in preventing obesity in children and adolescents. What should parents pay attention to?
Many Xiao Pang Dun like to drink sugary drinks, how can we make children drink less of these drinks?
Zhao Wenhua said that nearly 20% of children and adolescents aged 6-17 in our country drink sugary drinks regularly, which means drinking them at least 5 days a week.
"We encourage children to drink plenty of water. What is water? Parents should tell the children these concepts. Water refers to tap water and plain water. Don't be thirsty or not, but take the initiative and drink enough. Drinks are not water, so You should not drink or drink less.” (End)