Editorial: Impact of school air quality on children's health and academic performance
2025
Fussell, Julia C. | Giao, Maria Salomé | Rivas, Ioar | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
Air pollution does not affect everyone equally owing to differences in both physiological susceptibility and risk of exposure. Children are particularly susceptible to harm because of immature and developing organ systems, increased pulmonary ventilation and a compromised ability to deal with toxic compounds. Impacts of air pollution exposure on children include reduced lung function, asthma, respiratory infections, neurodevelopmental disorders, behavioral issues and increased risk of obesity. Adverse exposures during childhood and adolescence can also lead to poorer health outcomes throughout the lifecourse. Between the ages of five and 18, children spend 5–8 h a day at school. Unfortunately, in schools children can be exposed to suboptimal air quality and, consequently, experience detrimental effects on health and cognitive function. This Research Topic aimed to increase knowledge of such an impact, thereby adding to an evidence base that can be drawn upon to help adopt targeted interventions to ensure healthy environments that enable children to thrive physically and mentally.
Show more [+] Less [-]The author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research and/or publication of this article. JF was supported the MRC Centre for Environment and Health, which was funded by the Medical Research Council (MR/S0196669/1, 2019–2024).
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