{"id":1926,"date":"2023-07-05T15:08:42","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T07:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/hrpc\/?p=1926"},"modified":"2024-08-30T14:19:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T06:19:55","slug":"beating-the-heat-a-growing-challenge-for-seniors-outdoor-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/hrpc\/beating-the-heat-a-growing-challenge-for-seniors-outdoor-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Straits Times: Beating the heat a growing challenge for seniors, outdoor workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1926\" class=\"elementor elementor-1926\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a22c8f8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a22c8f8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e2fbc0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5e2fbc0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-474975a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"474975a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/hrpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2024-05-24-170421.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2686\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/hrpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2024-05-24-170421.png 684w, https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/hrpc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2024-05-24-170421-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1df6f1c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1df6f1c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03cd088 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"03cd088\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-496eb0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"496eb0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">The Straits Times (published 1 July 2023)<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Associate Professor Jason Lee, director of the Heat Resilience and Performance Centre at the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, suggests: \u201cIn the near future, we could have cooling shelters or mobile cooling boxes at housing estates for vulnerable folks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac567ca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ac567ca\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3579fd3 elementor-align-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3579fd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/beating-the-heat-a-growing-challenge-for-seniors-outdoor-workers\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Professor Jason Lee, director of the Heat Resilience and Performance Centre at the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, suggests: \u201cIn the near future, we could have cooling shelters or mobile cooling boxes at housing estates for vulnerable folks.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9327,"featured_media":2686,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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