School bags will begin to lose weight as per the state government. Education Minister Vinod Tawde stated that the state government has planned to reduce the weight of school bags for children in the primary section from this academic year. The primary education department had received over 400 suggestions regarding the recommendations of an expert committee on the reduction of schoolbag weight. A child should not carry more than 10% of the body weight. Some Indian studies even said that it should be even lower than 5% of the body weight.
A study of Manipal Hospital in Bengaluru published in the Indian Paediatrics Journal, 2010 said that around 15% of backpack load changes all the angles pertaining to neck, head, trunk, lower limb and affects the overall structure. Thus, the weight of backpack of a child should be taken into consideration so that he does not have to face problems in his near future.
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