Family Life: Put Your Back Into Encouraging Children's Good Posture

Birmingham Post › September 11, 2004

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Hours in front of a television or computer could cause severe back problems in later life for the nation's youngsters.

Slouching and lying on the floor, a lack of exercise and even carrying heavy bags could eventually produce a generation of people with chronic problems because of their bad posture, according to the British Chiropractic Association (BCA). The organisation has carried out a survey among 11-year-olds to determine how their backs are being put under pressure - and the results have worried its members.

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Family Life: Put Your Back Into Encouraging Children's Good Posture

Results of a study conducted by the BCA among Year 7 pupils in Bolton found that, on average, 11-year-olds spend a day and a half per week watching television and playing computer games...

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