{"id":186,"date":"2011-01-03T15:44:25","date_gmt":"2011-01-03T15:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/drlawrence\/?p=186"},"modified":"2011-01-24T14:50:13","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T14:50:13","slug":"winter-sun-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/drlawrence\/2011\/01\/03\/winter-sun-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Sun Protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/drlawrence\/files\/2011\/01\/snowboard_extreme.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[186]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-190\" title=\"Winter Sun\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/drlawrence\/files\/2011\/01\/snowboard_extreme-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Winter Sun\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Winter Sun Protection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many people assume that sun protection is only an important concern in the summer; however, winter sun can be just as damaging to your skin.\u00a0 Using a broad-spectrum sunscreen on all exposed areas can be just as important in the winter, particularly if you are involved in winter sports.\u00a0 Those who spend time at higher altitudes or in snowy areas are at particular risk of sun damage from ultraviolet (UV) radiation that may lead to skin cancer.\u00a0 UV intensity increases with altitude, and snow reflects UV rays from the sun leading to double doses of UV radiation even on cloudy days.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on sun safety for winter sports enthusiasts, please see the link below from the Skin Cancer Foundation:\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skincancer.org\/essential-sun-safety-information-for-skiers-and-snowboarders.html\">www.skincancer.org\/essential-sun-safety-information-for-skiers-and-snowboarders.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Sun Protection Many people assume that sun protection is only an important concern in the summer; however, winter sun can be just as damaging to your skin.\u00a0 Using a broad-spectrum sunscreen on all exposed areas can be just as important in the winter, particularly if you are involved in winter sports.\u00a0 Those who spend &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/drlawrence\/2011\/01\/03\/winter-sun-protection\/\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-dzarnosky","4":"post-186","6":"format-standard"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/drlawrence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/drlawrence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/drlawrence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/drlawrence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/drlawrence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/drlawrence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/drlawrence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/drlawrence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/drlawrence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/drlawrence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}