%0 Journal Article %A S N Forjuoh %A D Little %A J A Schuchmann %A B L Lane %T Parental knowledge of school backpack weight and contents %D 2003 %R 10.1136/adc.88.1.18 %J Archives of Disease in Childhood %P 18-19 %V 88 %N 1 %X Parental knowledge of their students’ backpack weight and contents was assessed by identifying 188 students who carried backpacks weighing at least 10% of their body weights through a survey of 745 students in three elementary schools. Most parents (96%) had never checked their child’s backpack weight; 34% had never checked the backpack contents. %U https://adc.bmj.com/content/archdischild/88/1/18.full.pdf