HEAVY WEIGHT SCHOOL BAG AND IT’S IMPACT ON THE PHYSICAL HEALTH OF THE CHILDREN

Abstract

In the recent years heavy weight bag of the school children has been an important issue all over India. In spite of the government norms the school bag weight has been increasing day by day and it becomes a huge burden on the small children. Regular use of these heavy bags can put the small  children at the risk of various physical health problems such as spinal pain, back pain, shoulder pain, muscle injury etc. The present study wants to throw lights on these physiological problems of the children occurred by carrying the heavy loaded schoolbags. The study was conducted under descriptive survey method where 120 samples of students were collected through convenient sampling. Data were analyzed through simple percentage.