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(Childhood Obesity News) Pupils 'too heavy' for class seats - The Press Association

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A policy commission led by former education secretary Charles Clarke concluded that growing numbers of children were suffering from back pain due to unsuitable school furniture. While this was partly down to children being taller, Dominic Savage, director general of the British Educational Suppliers Association - which set up the commission, admitted childhood obesity had played a part. Obesity or weight is an issue as is the variety of weight of any one cohort of children. But he added that “possibly more importantly” children were generally taller and their leg and arm lengths were now different. Read Childhood Obesity

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