Weight watchers for backpacks.More than 7,000 children ended up in emergency rooms last year due to injuries related to backpacks. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of Occupational Therapy Association, a backpack should weigh no more than 15 percent of a student's body weight--and the average student carries a backpack weighing almost one quarter of his or her weight. To alleviate Alleviate To make something easier to be endured. Mentioned in: Kinesiology, Applied the stress placed on students' bodies, Karen Jacobs, immediate past president of the AOTA AOTA American Occupational Therapy Association. , recommends a number of ways administrators can help with the problem: * The right size backpack needs to be purchased, and parents need to check what's inside. Many students carry unnecessary items such as heavy water bottles and CD players. * Teachers need to look at the curricula and decide the appropriate time to send home books. * Administrators should look into purchasing two sets of textbooks (one for school and one for home), online textbooks and e-books. www.aota.org |
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