Ambient Temperature Increases and Preschoolers’ Outdoor Physical Activity

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Outdoor playgrounds allow young children to engage in health-promoting physical activity.1,2 However, high outdoor temperatures, increasingly common with climate change,3 may impede children’s engagement in physical activity. High outdoor temperatures have been shown to be negatively associated with physical activity of elementary school children during recess, but no studies have focused on preschoolers in the childcare setting.4