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Bangkok Post
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Heavy bags bad for kids' backs

Students arrive at Ban Bang Kapi School in Bangkok on the first day of the school reopening on May 16. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

Carrying a heavy school bag every day can cause spinal problems among children and worsen scoliosis, medical experts said, as they recommend limiting such bags to no more than 10% of a kid's weight.

The warning came after one netizen raised concern about the weight of the bag that their Prathom 2 child had to carry daily, which is said to have totalled 4.5 kilogrammes.

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