%0 Journal Article
%@ 1749-8198
%A Hodgson, Antonia
%A Hitchings, Russell
%D 2023
%F discovery:10168125
%I WILEY
%J Geography Compass
%K climate change, health promotion, physical activity, public health, weather
%T Weather and exercise: A comparative review and the role of geographers
%U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10168125/
%X As part of an argument about the value of a geographical  approach to the connection between local weather and  physical exercise, this paper begins with how that connection features in four areas of scholarship that have been at  the forefront of exploring it so far. By comparing how each  of them commonly imagines ‘the human’ and ‘the weather’ in  their studies, we particularly highlight how different bodies  of work illuminate different facets of the weather-exercise  connection. This, we suggest, represents an opportunity  for geographers to explore how these facets combine in  context with a view to tackling the complex public health  challenges associated with increasing human inactivity and  a warming world. Building on that, we end with three promising cross-cutting themes that we think could usefully guide  these endeavours: adaptation, decision-making and place.
%Z This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and  reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.  © 2023 The Authors. Geography Compass published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.