ArticlePopulation and environment2018
Heat and Adult Health in China.
Article in Population and environment, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- High ambient temperature effects on the anthropometric status of the population: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of extreme weather events on food security among older people: a systematic review.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Pooled it
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- Climate Variability and Child Nutrition: Findings from Sub-Saharan Africa.Global environmental change : human and policy dimensions · 2020Article
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Abstract
Given projected increases in the frequency of precipitation and temperature extremes in China, we examine the extent adults may be vulnerable to climate anomalies. We link nutrition, health, and economic data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (1989-2011) to gridded climate data to identify which socioeconomic outcomes are particularly susceptible, including adult underweight incidence, body mass index, dietary intake, physical activity, illness, income, and food prices. We find warm temperatures augment the probability of being underweight among adults, with a particularly large impact for the elderly (ages > 60). Extremely dry and warm conditions produce a 3.3-percentage point increase in underweight status for this group. Consequences on nutrition coincide with changes in illness rather than dietary, income or purchasing power shifts. Social protection targeting areas prone to excessive heat may consider supplementing bundles of goods with a suite of health care provisions catering to the elderly.
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