Water Talks — Sex Differences in Heat and Hydration of Active Adults

The autonomic nervous system helps keep our bodies in balance by regulating things like temperature and blood pressure. These control systems often interact, sometimes working together in helpful ways and other times creating challenges. Take a closer look at how these processes might work differently in men and women, and what those differences can tell us about how our bodies respond to everyday changes.

Attendees are eligible to earn one continuing education unit from the American College of Sports Medicine, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics via the Commission on Dietetic Registration and the National Athletic Training Association via the Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer.

Nisha Charkoudian is the chief of the thermal and mountain division of the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine in Natick, Massachusetts, where she leads studies on human performance and adaptation in extreme environments. Charkoudian is a renowned physiologist whose research focuses on cardiovascular responses to stress, thermoregulation and blood pressure control, particularly in women.