Pediatricians Revise Heat Guidelines for Young Athletes

As temperatures continued to reach dangerously high levels across the parts of the United States on Monday, drawing weather alerts in many areas, the American Academy of Pediatrics revised its guidelines regarding high school and youth sports athletes practicing in hot weather.

In a revised policy statement titled "Climatic Heat Stress and Exercising Children and Adolescents," published in the September 2011 issue of Pediatrics, the AAP recommends that youth sports program administrators implement comprehensive strategies to safeguard against heat illness. "Most healthy children and athletes can safely participate in outdoor sports and activities in a wide range of warm to hot weather, but adults sometimes create situations that are potentially dangerous," says Stephen G. Rice, co-author of the policy statement and a former member of the executive committee of the AAP's Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness. "Heat illness is entirely preventable if coaches and other adults take some precautions to protect the young athletes."

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