Refrigerator blindness: selective loss of visual acuity in association with a common foraging behaviour

Anecdotal evidence would indicate that the condition of "refrigerator blindness" is widespread but occurs predominantly among teenage males. It is hypothesized that parental advocacy that limits children's access to refrigerators would have the benefit of decreasing the incidence of s...

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Published in:Canadian Medical Association journal (CMAJ) 2005-12, Vol.173 (12), p.1494-1495
Main Authors: Macnab, Andrew J, Bennett, Mary
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Blindness
Case studies
Child
Feeding Behavior
Holiday Review
Humans
Humor
Male
Observations
Parents & parenting
Refrigeration - instrumentation
Vision disorders
Visual acuity
Wit and Humor as Topic
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Summary:Anecdotal evidence would indicate that the condition of "refrigerator blindness" is widespread but occurs predominantly among teenage males. It is hypothesized that parental advocacy that limits children's access to refrigerators would have the benefit of decreasing the incidence of stress-related illness among parents by containing the current epidemic of refrigerator blindness.
ISSN:1488-2329
0820-3946
1488-2329
DOI:10.1503/cmaj.051393