AOA Promotes March as Save Your Vision Month

Joining various industry eye health organizations, the American Optometric Association (AOA) is promoting March as Save Your Vision Month; an effort to raise awareness of preventable vision loss and the precautionary measures that should be taken in everyday life to maintain eye health. Topics covered across the initiative include eye healthy food, the importance of eye exams and the deterrence of Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS).

According to the AOA American Eye-Q survey, 49 percent of Americans believe carrots are the best food for eye health. In an effort to dispel this assumption, the AOA has highlighted the six key nutrients that are linked to eyesight protection on their website, as well compiled a list of recipes that contain eye healthy foods.

AOA President Ronald Hopping said “More than two decades of extensive research have provided a better understanding of how diet and nutrition can not only keep our eyes healthy, but reduce the risk of certain eye diseases as we age.” He continued “From dry eye to age-related eye diseases, research shows that nutrition plays a critical role in maintaining the health of our eyes.”

For more information, visit the AOA online.