Italienische Kinder tragen zu viel
Negrini, S., Carabalona, R. and Sibilla, P. (1999) Backpack as a daily load for schoolchildren. Lancet, 354, 1974.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10622307?dopt=Abstract
34.8% of Italian schoolchildren carry more than 30% of their bodyweight at least once a week, exceeding limits proposed for adults. Given increasing evidence of back pain in children, the time has come to propose some limitations to backpack load.
