Hello and welcome to our report called ‘school bag causing back pain’. With Molly and with me Rachel.
Recently parents have been complaining as their children suffer from back pain at the age of 6 to older pupils. This has happened after students have started to study more throughout the years of their schools- carrying more books.
Doctors said that school children should not carry anything which weighs more than 10% of their body weight. Right now Molly is currently wearing 47% of her bodyweight.. This is way over the estimated total that you should be carrying on your back.
Measurements were taken from pupils aged 12-17 from 11 schools in Northern Spain. It showed that nearly two thirds of pupils had backpacks which broke the 10% rule. The weight of the bags was then analysed for back pain, measured as at least 15 days in a year with back pain.
The pupils were split into four groups based on the weight of their bags. Pupils in the group with the heaviest bags were 50% more likely to have reported back pain than in the group with the lightest bags.
The report said back pain was a bigger problem in school girls and that the risk increased with age.As you can see this is a major problem in Europe.
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