Impact of ambient temperature exposure on newborns with low Apgar scores in northwest China

Tang, Zezhong; Wu, Mingyang; Song, Guang-Rong; Yang, Rong; Wang, Youjie

doi:10.1007/s11356-021-13340-8

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“…In both California ( 197 ) and Europe ( 198 ), heat is a risk factor for respiratory admissions, yet the causal mechanism is not well-understood. Extreme temperatures have also been associated with other undesirable health outcomes in children, namely low birth weight ( 199 ), stunting ( 189 ), low Apgar scores ( 200 ), and increased risk of stillbirth ( 201 ). Increasing humidity in wet seasons promotes transmission of respiratory infectious disease in both Brazil ( 202 ) and Indonesia ( 203 ).…”

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Net benefit of smaller human populations to environmental integrity and individual health and wellbeing

Saraswati,

Judge,

Weeda

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionThe global human population is still growing such that our collective enterprise is driving environmental catastrophe. Despite a decline in average population growth rate, we are still experiencing the highest annual increase of global human population size in the history of our species—averaging an additional 84 million people per year since 1990. No review to date has accumulated the available evidence describing the associations between increasing population and environmental decline, nor solutions for mitigating the problems arising.MethodsWe summarize the available evidence of the relationships between human population size and growth and environmental integrity, human prosperity and wellbeing, and climate change. We used PubMed, Google Scholar, and Web of Science to identify all relevant peer-reviewed and gray-literature sources examining the consequences of human population size and growth on the biosphere. We reviewed papers describing and quantifying the risks associated with population growth, especially relating to climate change.ResultsThese risks are global in scale, such as greenhouse-gas emissions, climate disruption, pollution, loss of biodiversity, and spread of disease—all potentially catastrophic for human standards of living, health, and general wellbeing. The trends increasing the risks of global population growth are country development, demographics, maternal education, access to family planning, and child and maternal health.ConclusionSupport for nations still going through a demographic transition is required to ensure progress occurs within planetary boundaries and promotes equity and human rights. Ensuring the wellbeing for all under this aim itself will lower population growth and further promote environmental sustainability.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Net benefit of smaller human populations to environmental integrity and individual health and wellbeing

Saraswati,

Judge,

Weeda

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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“…In both California 196 and Europe 197 , heat is a risk factor for respiratory admissions, yet the causal mechanism is not wellunderstood. Extreme temperatures have also been associated with other undesirable health outcomes in children, namely low birthweight 198 , stunting 187 , low Apgar scores 199 , and increased risk of stillbirth 200 . Increasing humidity in wet seasons promotes transmission of respiratory infectious disease in both Brazil 201 and Indonesia 202 .…”

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Net benefit of smaller human populations to environmental integrity and individual health and well-being

Saraswati,

Judge,

Weeda

et al. 2023

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Background The global human population is still growing such that our collective enterprise is driving environmental catastrophe. Despite a decline in average population growth rate, we are still experiencing the highest annual increase of global human population size in the history of our species — averaging an additional 84 million people per year since 1990. Objectives No review to date has accumulated the available evidence describing the associations between increasing population and environmental decline, nor solutions for mitigating the problems arising. We summarise the available evidence of the relationships between human population size and growth and environmental integrity, human prosperity and well-being, and climate change. Methods We used PubMed, Google Scholar, and Web of Science to identify all relevant peer-reviewed and grey-literature sources examining the consequences of human population size and growth on the biosphere. Results We reviewed papers describing and quantifying the risks associated with population growth, especially relating to climate change. These risks are global in scale, such as greenhouse-gas emissions, climate disruption, pollution, loss of biodiversity, and spread of disease — all potentially catastrophic for human standards of living, health, and general well-being. The trends increasing the risks of global population growth are country development, demographics, maternal education, access to family planning, and child and maternal health. Discussion Support for nations still going through a demographic transition is required to ensure progress occurs within planetary boundaries and promotes equity and human rights. Ensuring the well-being for all under this aim itself will lower population growth and further promote environmental sustainability.

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First systematic review and meta-analysis of the risk magnitude of climate-change effects on child health

Weeda,

Bradshaw,

Judge

et al. 2023

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Children are significantly more vulnerable than adults to climate-related health threats, but studies examining how climate change affects human health have been mainly descriptive and lack an assessment of the magnitude of health effects children face. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we searched online databases PubMed, Medline, Embase, and Web of Science for observational studies published up to 5 January 2023 following PRISMA guidelines. We included studies if they explored climate variables/events and measured a quantifiable child-health outcome. We extracted data from published reports for a meta-analysis where we standardised effect sizes and compared them among different groupings of climate variables and health outcomes. We evaluated each study individually and aggregated and analysed relevant qualitative and quantitative data. We identified 1301 articles from the four large databases in our systematic literature review, of which 163 studies were eligible for analysis. We identified many relationships between climate change and child health, the strongest of which were increasing risk (60% on average) of preterm birth from exposure to temperature extremes. Respiratory disease, mortality, and morbidity were also influenced by climate changes, but to a lesser extent than preterm birth. The effects of different pollutants on health outcomes were considerably smaller compared to temperature effects, but with most (16/20 = 80%) pollutant studies indicating at least a weak effect. Most studies occurred in high-income regions, but we found no geographical clustering according to health outcome, climate variable, or magnitude of risk. We identified the following protective factors for climate-related child-health threats: (i) economic stability and strength, (ii) access to quality healthcare, (iii) adequate infrastructure, and (iv) food security. Threats to these services vary by local geographical, climate, and socio-economic conditions. Children will have increased prevalence and severity of disease due to anthropogenic climate change, and our quantification of the magnitude of expected increases is essential to plan for mitigation that will improve the health of current and future generations.

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Impact of ambient temperature exposure on newborns with low Apgar scores in northwest China

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Net benefit of smaller human populations to environmental integrity and individual health and wellbeing

Net benefit of smaller human populations to environmental integrity and individual health and wellbeing

Net benefit of smaller human populations to environmental integrity and individual health and well-being

First systematic review and meta-analysis of the risk magnitude of climate-change effects on child health

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