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Too hot to trot? exploring potential links between climate change, physical activity and health
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posted on 2003-09-01, 00:00 authored by Mardie TownsendMardie Townsend, Mary Mahoney, J Jones, Kylie BallKylie Ball, Jo SalmonJo Salmon, C FinchBased on an analysis of existing literature, this paper explores the links between climate change, physical activity and health. It highlights the importance of physical activity for health, explores current understandings of factors influencing participation in sport and physical activity, and develops some hypotheses about the ways in which climate change may impact on the factors influencing physical activity and thereby on the level of participation in physical activity. The paper argues that climate change has the potential to be a barrier to participation in physical activity, particularly in areas where temperatures are already relatively high, and that a reduction in physical activity across the population is likely to have detrimental health impacts. The need for research to clarify the nature and extent of the threat posed to physical activity participation is highlighted, as is the need to take into account the direct and indirect costs of any changes or reductions in physical activity in any assessment of the costs of climate change and/or its mitigation.
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Journal of science and medicine in sportVolume
6Issue
3Pagination
260 - 265Publisher
ElsevierLocation
New York, NY.Publisher DOI
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1440-2440eISSN
1878-1861Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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