, have also seen their summer camp and youth sports programs impacted. Camps and games have both been postponed if not canceled, Colman said. and poor air quality and other climate change related events – extreme precipitation and flooding and things like that – it could create additional barriers to being able to be physically active in the communities where people live, learn, work and play," she said."And that, of course, can create some disparities.
"Under-resourced communities might not have those same opportunities or face additional barriers to being able to access them," she said."...A lot of the solutions that are out there...all of those things come at a cost. And local parks and recreation departments...they are typically under-invested, and many of them have backlogs of maintenance and need additional resources to be able to make these changes.
The New York Road Runners organization has guidance on its website urging people to"respect your limits" when the heat and humidity are particularly brutal. Along with standard health guidance to drink enough water, know the signs of illness and wear sun protection, the group also says that it can take 10 days to two weeks for the body to acclimate to higher temperatures.