It may be cold and wintry but don’t let that stop you having fun outside with the kids. Fresh air and exercise is good for everyone but the right equipment can make all the difference to getting out and about in winter with your children.
It may be cold and wintry but don’t let that stop you having fun outside with the kids. Fresh air and exercise is good for everyone but the right equipment can make all the difference to getting out and about in winter with your children.
By simon-elliot
Believe it or not, studies show that people are more susceptible to dehydration when exercising during the cold weather months. Because it is necessary to wear extra layers of clothing, you actually sweat more and generally do not even realise it because all the perspiration is absorbed by the extra layers. You can feel like you are freezing, yet you are still losing essential moisture simply because you are breathing.
By Victor Epand
In the United States, when referring to the outermost layer worn on the top of the body during cold weather, most people just call the garment a "coat." This word, of course, is really very generic, the result being that it is sometimes modified with an additional noun in order to properly depict the article of clothing: "leather coat," for example, or a "trench coat." And in the world of ski gear, the coat worn for the sport is known simply as a ski coat. There are actually specific English words to describe a coat worn in snowing conditions.