{"id":42450,"date":"2023-09-22T09:29:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T09:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mylocaloptician.co.uk\/?p=22715"},"modified":"2023-09-22T09:29:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T09:29:49","slug":"day-four-of-national-eye-health-week-2023-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bedotdev.com\/mylocaloptician\/day-four-of-national-eye-health-week-2023-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Day four of National Eye Health Week 2023."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Day five of National Eye Health Week 2023.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Today we&#8217;ll be looking at the role lifestyle plays in helping to keep our eyes and vision healthy.<\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17944\" src=\"https:\/\/primaryhealthnet.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/day-5-nehw-600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"277\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many of us are unaware that poor lifestyle habits can have a negative impact on eye health. Our top tips to help everyone live well and see well include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Have regular sight tests<\/strong>. Once every two years, unless your optometrist advices otherwise<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quit smoking.<\/strong> Smokers are up to four-times more likely to lose their sight than non-smokers<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wear sunglasses.<\/strong> Cumulative UV exposure increases your risk of macular degeneration and cataracts<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eat healthily<\/strong>. Eye-friendly nutrients in fruit, vegetables, fish, nuts and oils can all help protect your sight and relieve dry eye<\/li>\n<li><strong>Watch your weight.<\/strong> Maintaining a healthy weight can help protect against age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and glaucoma<\/li>\n<li><strong>Be active.<\/strong> Being physically active has been shown to reduce your risk of visual impairment by 58 per cent versus somebody with a sedentary lifestyle.*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visionmatters.org.uk\/looking-after-your-eyes\/eye-health-calculator\"><strong>Try our eye health calculator<\/strong><\/a> to see if your lifestyle could be putting you at increased risk of avoidable sight loss.<\/h3>\n<p>* <em>ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4047137\/<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visionmatters.org.uk\/downloads\/nehw-23-myopia-and-me-flyer-.pdf\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17580\" src=\"https:\/\/primaryhealthnet.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NEHW-2023-logo-300x112.png\" alt=\"NEHW 2023\" width=\"300\" height=\"112\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/every-mind-matters\/\">Click Here\u00a0<\/a> to download other resources.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Eye Health Week 2023 looking at the role lifestyle plays in helping to keep our eyes and vision healthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28397,"featured_media":22716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2966],"tags":[3017],"class_list":["post-42450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-health-well-being","tag-nehw"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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