Reading behavior of emmetropic schoolchildren in China.

Highlights: [•] Chinese schoolchildren read at very close distances. [•] Chinese children prefer to read at a table or desk, not in an armchair. [•] When writing and reading together children move even closer to text. [•] Near reading distance is much closer than the near distance tested by clinicians. [•] Children’s reading behavior can in part be controlled by their setting and text. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]