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More than 740 million children and adolescents may struggle to see objects at a distance by 2050 .
From 1990 to 2023 , the global prevalence of myopia in young people aged 5 to 19 increased from 24 percent to 36 percent .
Prevalence was highest in Japan , where 86 percent of children and teens currently experience shortsightedness.
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