Shortsightedness or myopia is a global health burden. People in East Asian countries are particularly affected. A recent paper came out in the literature that reviews interventions that can be taken to (i) retard the onset of myopia or (ii) reduce the progression of myopia.
See: Leo, S.W. (2017). Current approaches to myopia control. Current Opinion in Ophthalmology. February. DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000367 URL: https://insights.ovid.com/pubmed?pmid=28212157