{"id":991,"date":"2015-05-20T12:55:01","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T17:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/?p=991"},"modified":"2022-06-06T13:40:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T18:40:18","slug":"vision-council-report-sunglasses-are-a-must-protect-your-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/archives\/991","title":{"rendered":"Sunglasses are a must &#8211; protect your eyes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"stcpDiv\">\n<p>More than one in four American adults are risking serious eye damage through exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, according to a new report from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevisioncouncil.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Vision Council<\/a>,\u00a0 \u201cProtection for the Naked Eye: Sunglasses as a Health Necessity.\u201d The report, which is intended to educate consumers about the importance of wearing sunglasses to protect against UV. \u00a0 It finds that more than 25 percent of U.S. adults rarely or never wear sunglasses, and nearly two-thirds are unaware of the link between UV exposure and serious eye diseases such as cataracts and age-related macular degeneration.<\/p>\n<p>The report also finds that more than one-third of parents report that their children 13 and under rarely or never wear sunglasses, despite the fact that children are at increased risk for UV overexposure.<\/p>\n<p>To view or download a copy of the report, Protection for the Naked Eye: Sunglasses as a Health Necessity, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevisioncouncil.org\/2015UV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Fine Eyewear and Eyecare offers an extensive sunglasses collection that not only look great, but protect your eyes. Our eye doctors also provide advanced vision care to the families of Austin, Cedar Park, Leander, Georgetown, Round Rock and surrounding communities.\u00a0 Visit our main website for a preview a few of our sunglasses : <a title=\"Sunglasses collection at Fine Eyewear in Cedar Park, TX\" href=\"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/sunglasses-collection-austin.shtml\"> Fine Eyewear Sunglasses Collection <\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than one in four American adults are risking serious eye damage through exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, according to a new report from The Vision Council,\u00a0 \u201cProtection for the Naked Eye: Sunglasses as a Health Necessity.\u201d The report, which is intended to educate consumers about the importance of wearing sunglasses to protect against UV. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/archives\/991\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sunglasses are a must &#8211; protect your eyes!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,10,43,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cataracts","category-industry-news","category-macular-degeneration","category-sunglasses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=991"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1418,"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991\/revisions\/1418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}