Letter: Letters: Short-sighted

From MICHAEL FOX

Alison Brooks suggests that optometrists should hold ‘eye exercise classes’
that would prevent or slow the rate at which an individual develops myopia.

I am unaware of any convincing research data that suggest that eye exercises
can affect the rate at which myopia increases.

If Brooks has this information, I will be pleased to publish it to the
optometric profession. If she does not, she should refrain from denigrating
optometrists by suggesting that they do not recommend eye exercises for
financial reasons.

Michael Fox British Journal of Optometry and Dispensing London