A LIFESTYLE EPIDEMIC: OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE
BOSTON, April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS), a world leader in eye health research and education, announced their new global Workshop report, entitled "A Lifestyle Epidemic: Ocular Surface Disease," which will be published this quarter in The Ocular Surface journal.
- BOSTON, April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS), a world leader in eye health research and education, announced their new global Workshop report, entitled "A Lifestyle Epidemic: Ocular Surface Disease," which will be published this quarter in The Ocular Surface journal.
- The World Health Organization indicates that eye problems are increasingly linked to lifestyle choices.1 "Lifestyle defines the way in which a person lives.
- "This new TFOS Report focuses on the direct and indirect impacts that everyday lifestyle choices and challenges have on ocular surface health – from screen time, to our beauty routines, to our nutrition, to where we live," stated Amy Gallant Sullivan, Executive Director, TFOS.
- "This TFOS Lifestyle Workshop report involved 158 experts from 38 countries around the world, required almost three years to complete, and was committed to an evidence-based approach and a process of open communication, dialogue and transparency, in order to achieve a consensus concerning lifestyle choices and ocular surface disease," concluded David A. Sullivan, PhD, Founder, TFOS.