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Article: Maintaining body temperature important in cold
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- Dayton Daily News
- Article date:
- February 3, 2009
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How cold weather affects the body when exercising outdoors
depends on what activity is being performed, as well as how cold it
is outside. But the primary focus should be on maintaining as normal
a body temperature (98.6 degrees) as possible.
A normal body temperature can be maintained by increasing the
amount of heat produced and/or reducing the amount of heat that is
lost. Heat production is increased by harder exercise and by
shivering, which is caused by involuntary muscle contractions. Heat
loss is best reduced by dressing appropriately for weather
conditions and layering clothing.
Layering helps trap air, which is a poor conductor of heat.
Water, on the other hand, is a good ...