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A Comparative Study of Body Weight and School Bag Weight of Six Year Old Children


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1 Institute of Science Education, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, 713104 West Bengal,, India
2 Deptt. of Environmental Science, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India
     

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A comparative study of body weight and schoolbag weight of six year old children of Elnglish medium and Bengali medium schools was done in Burdwan town. The result revealed that average bag weight carried by English medium children and Bengali medium children are 3.75 kg and 2.16 kg which is equivalent to 18% and 10.8% of their total body weight respectively.
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Naba Kr. Mondal
Institute of Science Education, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, 713104 West Bengal,, India
Biswajit Saha
Deptt. of Environmental Science, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India
Jayanta Kr Datta
Deptt. of Environmental Science, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India

Abstract


A comparative study of body weight and schoolbag weight of six year old children of Elnglish medium and Bengali medium schools was done in Burdwan town. The result revealed that average bag weight carried by English medium children and Bengali medium children are 3.75 kg and 2.16 kg which is equivalent to 18% and 10.8% of their total body weight respectively.