Equal Hot Environments

A variety of recommendations to modify or cancel physical activity in the heat rely on a calculation of the environment, termed wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT). Both a hot/dry environment and a warm/humid environment will create a similar WBGT using this calculation despite a potential difference in how the body responds in these two very different types of environments. This study sought to determine the way the body responds to different hot environments of an equal WBGT.