{"id":79588,"date":"2026-07-09T11:24:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T11:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/uk-weather-why-heatwaves-hit-women-harder\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T11:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T11:24:33","slug":"uk-weather-why-heatwaves-hit-women-harder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/uk-weather-why-heatwaves-hit-women-harder\/","title":{"rendered":"UK weather: Why heatwaves hit women harder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Biologically, women\u2019s greater risk comes down to two things: the natural rise and fall of our hormone levels and our body&#8217;s response to heat, which are different to men&#8217;s, Dr Arif said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Women produce less sweat and start sweating at a higher temperature, research \u2013 including this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0360132325004184\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">2025 study<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a> \u2013 shows. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This impairs our ability to quickly shed excess heat and makes it harder to judge when our bodies are under burden, simply because we can&#8217;t see as much sweat on our skin or clothing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0360132325004184\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">The same research found<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a> that women also have a higher core body temperature and body fat percentage than men, which acts like an extra insulating layer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Now combine this with the natural fluctuations of women&#8217;s hormones, which already put our brain&#8217;s temperature regulation systems &#8220;out of kilter&#8221;, according to Dr Arif.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Our levels of oestrogen and progesterone shift most substantially during the menstrual cycle, perimenopause, menopause, pregnancy and while breastfeeding \u2013 which can make you less able to regulate your temperature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">All of this is hard work for our cardiovascular systems, especially in hot weather.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c4gyp1knzzxo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biologically, women\u2019s greater risk comes down to two things: the natural rise and fall of our hormone levels and our body&#8217;s response to heat, which are different to men&#8217;s, Dr Arif said. Women produce less sweat and start sweating at a higher temperature, research \u2013 including this 2025 study, external \u2013 shows. This impairs our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[64],"tags":[1086,1700,129,905,848],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79588"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79588"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79590,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79588\/revisions\/79590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}