{"id":1866,"date":"2019-09-19T15:28:30","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T15:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/?p=1866"},"modified":"2019-09-19T15:28:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T15:28:46","slug":"what-happens-to-your-body-when-you-wear-a-heavy-backpack-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/2019\/09\/19\/what-happens-to-your-body-when-you-wear-a-heavy-backpack-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happens To Your Body When You Wear a Heavy Backpack Every Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> By Carrie Madormo, <em>Reader\u2019s Digest<\/em>, ~2019 <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rd.com\/advice\/heavy-backpack-every-day\/\">https:\/\/www.rd.com\/advice\/heavy-backpack-every-day\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\u201cWhen you first get a backpack, you put in just what you need. It\u2019s perfectly filled and perfectly comfortable. But as time goes on, it tends to get packed with more and more stuff, and your back starts to hurt. Since the shift is gradual, you might not even realize it at first, but it can turn into a big problem. Here\u2019s how to figure out if your backpack is too heavy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 80 percent of adults experience lower back pain at some point in their lives, and lifting or carrying heavy items can contribute to this problem. And while it seems like the norm for kids to have a backpack brimming with textbooks and supplies, it\u2019s not a good idea. According to a study published in <em>PLOS One<\/em> in 2018, carrying a backpack weighing more than 10 percent of a child\u2019s body weight is linked to back and neck pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might be shocked to learn how backpacks can negatively affect your body, but we also have some good news: Just a few easy, expert-approved adjustments can keep your back\u2014and your kids\u2019 backs\u2014safe.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I chose this article for its focus on the wear and tear of walking around campus with a heavy backpack. There are many effects to your body such as: your posture changes, your spine\u2019s alignment suffers, you\u2019re at higher risk for arthritis, your core muscles weaken, and you could experience headaches. They give some tips for trying to avoid such a great impact on your body such as checking the weight and how to wear the backpack, finding the right backpack, and considerations for your lifestyle. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-science-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1866"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1868,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1866\/revisions\/1868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desis.osu.edu\/seniorthesis\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}