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Dressing when the thermometer disagrees with your body

Short answer: The thermometer measures the air, not you. Wind, damp, activity and tiredness decide what you feel. Dre...

Short answer: Some foods and medicines change the composition of sweat. That can give a different smell in clothes ev...

Short answer: The skin has more sweat glands in some places than others, and blood flow differs from spot to spot. Th...

Short answer: The body holds its temperature steady with blood vessels, sweat and muscle work. Clothing only makes th...

Short answer: When the body cools, it protects the inner organs first. Blood vessels in the hands and feet narrow, th...

Short answer: The body gives off heat all the time, and clothing slows it on the way out. After a few minutes the fab...

Short answer: Choose clothes that are easy to put on and take off, and that do not press over the spot that needs pro...

Short answer: In the first weeks after birth the body changes day by day. Choose soft waistbands, clothes that are ea...