title: Air Pollution Exposure and Physical Activity in China: Current Knowledge, Public Health Implications, and Future Research Needs.
abstract: Deteriorating air quality in China has created global public health concerns in regard to health and health-related behaviors. Although emerging environmental regulations address ambient air pollution in China, the level of enforcement and long-term impact of these measures remain unknown. Exposure to air pollution has been shown to lead to multiple adverse health outcomes, including increased rates of heart disease and mortality. However, a lesser-known but increasingly significant concern is the relationship between air pollution and its effects on outdoor exercise. This is especially important in China, which has a culturally rooted lifestyle that encourages participation in outdoor physical activity. This article evaluates the intersection of air pollution and outdoor exercise and provides a discussion of issues related to its public health impact in China, where efforts to promote a healthy lifestyle may be adversely affected by the ambient air pollution that has accompanied rapid economic development and urbanization.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Exercise and Health Sciences of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China. ljj27@163.com.
authors.forename: Jiaojiao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lü
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Exercise and Health Sciences of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China. liangleichao2010@163.com.
authors.forename: Leichao
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Exercise and Health Sciences of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China. soleilfeng@sina.com.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Exercise and Health Sciences of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China. rli@rfdn.org.|Center for Hormone Advanced Science and Education, Roskamp Institute, Sarasota, FL 34243, USA. rli@rfdn.org.
authors.forename: Rena
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Exercise and Health Sciences of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China. yuliu@sus.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002681:China; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity; D011634:Public Health
keywords: China; air pollution; health promotion; physical activity; public health