“Weight of Backpacks a Concern for Many”: Karen Jacobs Quoted

(3/16/15) Clinical Professor Karen Jacobs quoted:

“We’re offering ways that we can lighten the load — it’s not just the weight of the backpack that’s the issue. It’s how the child is carrying the backpack…Just having legislation to have a backpack not weigh more than 10 percent of a child’s body weight isn’t really looking at the total issue.”

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