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Title Gold Coast News at 05:55 p.m. Degree of recognition Regional Media name/outlet Channel 9 news, Gold Coast (McKenna Bailey) Media type Television Country/Territory Australia Date 20/01/25 Description Channel 9 Gold Coast, 20 Jan 2025 17:55, R00117798821
Backpacks can only mean one thing. The start of a new school year is here tonight. Researchers are warning of the hidden dangers of heavy school bags and the long term impacts on our children's bodies.
It's just about time for the bell to sound on the start of the new school year. But there's one lesson students need to be schooled on before heading back.
It's no surprise that children have school backpack related injuries or complaints such as like sore shoulder, sore back, or general aches and pains.
New research finding the weight of school bags can lead to long term injuries.
Approximately 10 to 25% of a child's actual body weight can be loaded in a backpack at any point in time, in a school year that's sustaining quite a heavy load on little spines.
So how should you properly pack your backpack?
We would put the heaviest items in first and closest to your back. Then all the other items, like your pencil case and your lunchbox and water bottle get packed around.
Their drink bottles can also cause extra and unnecessary strain. Students should opt for plastic over metal to lighten the load. Another top tip to keep our kids in tip top shape, making sure they wear two shoulder straps to distribute the load.
As soon as we take the backpack and load it onto one shoulder, the curvature of the spine starts to change.
Day loading and decluttering also ideal.
Every night. What's key is you empty out that bag completely and then refill it with what is just needed for that next day.
A vital lesson to carry into the start of the new school year. McKenna Bailey nine. Gold Coast News.
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