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Children with blepharitis often require specialized care
As a specialist in cornea and external disease, I will focus my comments on the topic of blepharitis in the pediatric age group. Our children in America are currently growing up in what many experts call an “obesogenic environment.” In the U.S., one in three children under the age of 11 years is overweight and one in six has a BMI high enough to be considered obese. This obesogenic environment includes a saturated fatty acid and refined sugar rich diet with too many calories per day, reduced outdoor activity and (Read more...)