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HEAVY school bags are ‘‘outdated’’,cause serious back problems and should be replaced with computer memory sticks, a leading chiropractic body says. The Chiropractors Association of Australia SA (CAASA) has called on schools and parents to rethink the load they place on students’ backs.
‘‘Lugging an overloaded school bag to and from school is an outdated concept that must be discouraged,’’ CAASA president Zoe Love said. ‘‘Why treat our kids as pack horses when most of the information they need at school or for homework could be contained on a tiny memory stick?’