All of the Zoom meetings or binge watching your favorite Netflix show on your laptop could be causing serious strain to your eyes.

With American adults averaging more than seven hours a day in front of digital devices, ophthalmologist Alan Solinsky, MD, of the Hartford Hospital Eye Surgery Center has this advice to protect your eyes after so much screen time:

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Solinsky says adults don’t risk any permanent eye damage from extended screen time but that it could cause problems for children and older teens whose eyes might still be developing, possibly causing issues with nearsightedness.

“Kids should spend less time in front of screens because their eyes are still growing,” says Solinsky. “There is that philosophy that kids should have that 60 minutes of outdoor recreation time per day to enable their bodies to grow properly. And that goes for their eyes too.”

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