- Many regions are hot and very humid.
- Humidity makes it hard for the body to cool.
- This can affect a woman in pregnancy.
- Heat and humidity during pregnancy harm child growth.
- The strongest harm is very early or very late.
- Late pregnancy can cause heat-related early labor.
- Researchers compared heat alone with heat plus humidity.
- They used weather and child health records to study.
- Many people live near hot coastal areas.
- They want better weather warnings for pregnancy.
Difficult words
- humidity — amount of water in the air
- pregnancy — time when a woman has a baby inside
- harm — to cause damage or a negative effect
- coastal — near the sea or the ocean
- warning — a message that tells people about dangerwarnings
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Discussion questions
- Have you ever felt very hot and humid weather?
- Do you live near the sea or the coast?
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