How to Track Daylight Exposure in Apple Health to Prevent Myopia

Understanding Time in Daylight Tracking

• 💡 Tracking time in daylight is crucial for myopia prevention.
• ⚠️ Your iPhone alone cannot track this; a fitness watch with an ambient light sensor is required to detect outdoor sunlight exposure.

Navigating Apple Health for Daylight Data

• 🚀 Open the Health app on your device and tap the Browse button in the bottom right.
• 🧠 Navigate to Mental Wellbeing and then select the Time in Daylight section.

Viewing and Logging Daylight Exposure

• 📊 You can view your daily, weekly, monthly, 6-month, or yearly average daylight exposure using the calendar interface.
• ➕ To manually log your time in daylight, tap the plus icon in the top right corner.
• ✍️ Enter the start and end dates and times using the provided sliders to add an entry.
• ✅ This feature helps monitor outdoor time, which is a key factor in reducing the risk of myopia.