The research showed that 50 per cent of the pupils carry heavy weights, with 20.5 per cent cases of pupils having back pains being reported. The experts recommended that the school bags should be ...

Heavy school bags can boost your child's core strength. Daily use of backpacks weighing up to 25% of the body weight may boost your child's abdominal strength and endurance.

The hidden dangers of heavy school backpacks include the unexpected hunch, tight neck twist, body stiffness, headaches, spine ...

Our children are carrying heavy bags to school and back. This is despite Royal Education Council’s (REC) recommendation to the dzongkhag and thromde schools to put in place appropriate strategies to ...

Heavy bagpacks and tender shoulders; from ten year olds to adults carrying heavy bagpacks has become a norm This may seem ...

Randoseru is a traditional school bag made of leather and other materials. Most elementary school children in Japan carry a randoseru, but the backpack is notorious for its prices and for being heavy.

When considering which type of bag to use, Yeung says YP readers should consider the weight and how long you need to carry it. “If you have to carry something heavy, use a wheeled school bag.

KOTA BARU: Heavy school bags, averaging between 6kg and 10kg, which are lugged around by primary school pupils in the country have the Education Ministry worried. Deputy Education Minister Chong ...

he immediately became concerned about the heavy school bags students must carry. So he got together with two of his schoolmates, and the group came up with a radical invention: a smart school bag.

Medical professionals in general have expressed dismay about the long-term impact of shouldering these school bags on the long-term health of an individual, claiming the effects of carrying heavy ...