Personal Health: Personal Health: Heavy Backpacks Can Spell Chronic Back Pain for Children

Monday, April 23, 2012 - 16:50 in Psychology & Sociology

Many children are carrying backpacks that weigh as much as 15 percent of their body weight, a study finds, resulting in back pain and scoliosis.

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