Frontiers in Sports and Active Living,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
6
Published: Jan. 20, 2025
Background
Many
older
adults
do
not
meet
current
physical
activity
(PA)
guidelines,
and
this
might
be
influenced
by
environmental
factors
(e.g.,
temperature).
The
purpose
of
study
was
to
determine
how
various
weather
variables
influence
light
PA
(LPA),
moderate-vigorous
(MVPA),
sedentary
behaviour
(SB),
steps,
time
spent
walking
outdoors.
Methods
Fifty
community-dwelling
completed
the
10-day
assessment
period,
using
a
Fitbit
fitness
tracker,
Global
Position
System
(GPS),
completing
self-report
questionnaires.
Forty
participants
were
included
in
analysis.
LPA,
MVPA,
SB
calculated
heart
rate
multilevel
models
used
assess
their
association
with
variables.
Results
Number
steps
positively
associated
self-reported
health
status
(0.18,
p
<
0.01).
Increased
age
less
engaging
LPA
(total
outdoors),
reduced
increased
sedentary,
outdoors
mean
temperature.
Freeze
thaw
cycles
Females
more
total
indoors,
as
decreased.
Conclusions
Older
located
dry
(∼690
mm
precipitation
annually)
region
warm
winters
hot
summers
(−5°C–30°C)
seemingly
choose
indoor
activities.
tend
participate
increases
outdoor
decreases.
Implications
Consideration
needs
given
designing
interventions,
focus
on
increasing
MVPA
for
adults.
BMC Research Notes,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
18(1)
Published: Jan. 29, 2025
Patients
with
cardiovascular
disease
are
considered
a
high-risk
population
for
heat-related
illnesses.
This
study
aimed
to
describe
the
difference
in
physical
activity
between
summer
and
fall
among
patients
their
recognition
of
heatstroke
prevention
an
urban
area
high
temperature
conditions.
We
enrolled
56
outpatients
who
participated
cardiac
rehabilitation
2022
(median
age,
75
years
[interquartile
range,
68–80]).
Physical
level
each
patient
was
assessed
using
International
Activity
Questionnaire
at
baseline
(August)
follow-up
(October).
Changes
exercise
habits
frequency
going
outside
during
period
patients'
were
questionnaires.
The
prevalence
low
higher
than
(57.1%
vs.
37.5%,
p
=
0.013).
Of
involved
self-exercise
before
summer,
33.9%
answered
that
decreased
summer.
them,
47.4%
felt
remained
fall.
Regarding
outside,
82.1%
went
less
Most
participants
highly
interested
prevention.
iScience,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
28(3), P. 111966 - 111966
Published: Feb. 8, 2025
Expressions
in
social
media
can
provide
a
rapid
insight
into
people's
reactions
to
events,
such
as
periods
of
climatic
stress.
This
study
explored
the
link
between
stressors
and
negative
sentiment
on
X
platform
Germany
inform
climate-related
health
policies
interventions.
Natural
language
processing
was
used
standardize
text,
comprehensive
approach
for
analysis
utilized.
We
then
conducted
spatiotemporal
modeling
fitted
using
integrated
nested
laplace
approximation
(INLA).
Our
findings
indicate
that
higher
lower
level
temperature
precipitation
is
correlated
with
an
increase
decrease
relative
risk
sentiments,
respectively.
The
this
illustrate
human
distress
varies
space
time
about
exposure
climate
stressors.
emotional
indicator
responses
stress
indicates
potential
physical
mental
impacts
among
affected
populations.
