Tips To Ensure You're Ready For Back To School

5 TIPS TO ENSURE YOU'RE READY FOR BACK 2 SCHOOL NO. 1: FILL YOUR BACKPACK THE AVERAGE BACKPACK WEIGHS 20% OF THE STUDENT'S OWN BODY WEIGHT. 10% OR LESS IS IDEAL THE AVERAGE FAMILY SPENDS $600 on clothes, shoes, supplies, and electronics each year, per student. AAAAA COLLEGE STUDENTS SPEND $1,137 ON BOOKS & SUPPLIES ANUALLY NO. 2: PUMP SOME IRON 160,000 KIDS STAY HOME DAILY FOR FEAR OF BEING BULLIED 2OUT OF 20% KIDS WHO ARE BULLIED BECOME BULLIES OF ALL CHILDREN SAY THEY HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF BULLYING A BULLY IS SIX TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE INCARCERATED BY AGE 24 50% BULLYING IS REDUCED BY THROUGH BULLY PREVENTION PROGRAMS NO. 3: PACK YOUR LUNCH BREAKFAST IS SERVED TO 11.6 MILLION WOV CRAZY SCHOOL CHILDREN 26% 74% PODDIN BUY THEIR OWN EAT FREE 65% $2.70-3.10 of teachers that say that children rely on school meals as IS THE AVERAGE COST OF A SCHOOL LUNCH their only source of nutrition NO. 4: SET OUT YOUR CLOTHES NUMBER OF BACK TO SCHOL SHOPPING STORES IN THE UNITED STATES 30,000 25,000 $7.2 20,000 15,000 BILLION 10,000 5,000 SPENT AT CLOTHING STORES IN 2009 NO. 5: GET SOME SLEEP The average teenager needs 9.5 hours of sleep. THE AVERAGE TEENAGER GETS 7.4 The average teenager gets only 7.4 hours of sleep. 66% HOURS OF SLEEP of college students to "pull and all nighter" during a semester Consequences from lack of sleep Pimples Weight Gain Illness Decreased performance in School SOURCES: INFOGRAPHIC BROUGHT TO YOU BY http://pediatrics.about.com/cs/safetyfirstaid/l/aa090202a.htm http://www.collegeboard.com/student/pay/add-it-up/482.html http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/news312.html http://health.dailynewscentral.com/content/view/0001989/82/ http://kidshealth.org/teen/school_jobs/school/backpack.html http://behavioral-management.c High-Schools.om t.com/bullying-statistics http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25011096/ns/business-consumer_news/t/high-costs-land-school-cafeteria-trays/ http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb10-ff14.html http://www.sleepfoundation.org/article/sleep-topics/children-and-sleep http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-09-16-sleep-deprivation_N.htmhttp://www.sleepfoundation.org/article/sleep-topics/teens-and-sleep FAMILY CLOTHING SHOE STORES OFFICE SUPPLY BOOK DEPARTMENT