Does our ability to sweat and dissipate heat change as we age? Does the amount of sweat change, along with the pattern of sweat distribution across our body?

Created by Stephen Cheung, Ph.D., Director of the Environmental Ergonomics Lab and Professor at Brock University (https://twitter.com/EELBrock).

Paper discussed:
Coull NA, AM West, SG Hodder, P Wheeler, G Havenith. Body mapping of regional sweat distribution in young and older males. Eur J Appl Physiol 121(1):109-125, 2021

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