School desks and chairs are too small for today’s generation of taller and fatter children, who are at risk of developing backache as a result, research suggests.
A policy commission on the future of education, led by Charles Clarke, the former Education Secretary, gave a warning that children’s schoolwork could suffer as back pain caused by unsuitable furniture distracted their attention and caused absence from school.
This in turn was “storing up problems” for the future workforce.
