Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/10/02
By: Chen Wei-ting and Frances Huang

Taipei, Oct. 2 (CNA) People in Taiwan spend more than eight hours a day on 3C

devices on average, with more than 60 percent of them using multiple screens at the same time, a survey released by the Ophthalmological Society of Taiwan showed Monday.

Ahead of 2017 World Sight Day on Oct. 12, the organization highlighted the survey’s results to urge heavy users of electronic devices in Taiwan to take regular breaks to protect their eyesight, said Tsai Ching-yao (蔡景耀), the society’s secretary-general.

Tsai cited the survey as saying that Taiwanese spent an average of 8.7 hours a day using 3C gadgets, up 1 hour from a similar survey conducted a year earlier.

The time spent on 3C devices in Taiwan was higher than the 6.86 hours a day people sleep on average, the survey found.    [FULL  STORY]