9 Feb 2022

Heavy school bags hindering active transport

From Nights, 9:07 pm on 9 February 2022
France,(No Pub, 09/2011) 44 Ligné, school years in college (Photo by Alain Le Bot / Photononstop / Photononstop via AFP)

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Sandy Mandic

Photo: University of Otago

Physical activity levels among New Zealand adolescents are low but active transport to school has the potential to change this, as well as improve their health and wellbeing.

We talk to Associate Professor Sandy Mandic about research from the University of Otago that found heavy school bags are a "significant" issue for teenagers, with one-third of them thinking their bag is too heavy to walk or bike to school.