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NEW YEAR EYE HEALTH & SCREEN TIME
WILLIAM WHITE, OD, OPTOMETRIST, BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEALTH

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TRYING TO CUT DOWN ON SCREEN TIME IN THE NEW YEAR? WELL– HERE’S ANOTHER REASON TO KEEP THAT RESOLUTION GOING: YOUR SCREEN TIME HABITS MAY BE HURTING YOUR VISION.

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SCREENS CAN HAVE AN IMPACT BOTH ON HOW YOUR EYES FEEL AND HOW THEY AGE. OPTOMETRIST WILLIAM WHITE SAYS THAT SCREENS CAN CAUSE DRY EYE AND OCULAR FATIGUE – ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE ON SCREENS A LOT IN THE EVENING.
BUT NO MATTER THE TIME OF DAY, HE RECOMMENDS SOMETHING CALLED THE TWENTY-TWENTY-TWENTY RULE FOR KEEPING YOUR EYES HEALTHY.

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WILLIAM WHITE, OD
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEALTH
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We have what we call the 20/20/20 rule, which is every 20 minutes, take about a 20second break, look at something about 20 feet away.

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DR. WHITE SAYS THAT 20 SECONDS HELPS RESET THE STRAIN ON YOUR EYES.