Parents, please take note. Researchers have found that trolley bags are better than backpacks for school kids for their movement and body posture. They also suggest that children should not carry over ...

New research suggests that carrying a backpack to school has a more detrimental effect on children’s health than pulling a trolley. Image: praetorianphoto/Istock ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The debate on how much kids should be carrying to school could be set to be reignited this week after a group of European ...

Parents, please take a note. Researchers have found that trolley bags are better than backpacks for schoolkids for their movement and body posture. Yogendra Kumar/HT PHOTO They also suggest that ...

When kids reach the age of 4 or 5, they start getting conscious about their looks in this modern world. They want to step out in style and ensure that they are looking good. Their demands for ...

Parents, please be informed. Trolley Bags are a better option than backpacks for school kids for their movement and body posture. The findings of the study are published in the journal Applied ...

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It’s common to spot students in the UAE lugging their heavy school bags, with many hunching over due to the weight of their bags. Some bags, in fact, appear as big, if not bigger than the child itself ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Ever had a problem with your child having to lug heavy bags to school? Enter trolley bags. As another academic year approaches, it is time for shopping. Unlike in the past, the ...

For the first time ever, researchers have found out the maximum weight that children should be carrying in their pull-along school backpacks -- and it's no more than 20 per cent of their body weight.