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Compared with males, females have a lower maximal sweat rate and thus a theoretically lower maximum skin wettedness due to a lower sweat output per gland. Similarly, children have been suggested to be disadvantaged in high ambient temperatures due to a lower sweat production and therefore reduced evaporative capacity, despite modifications of heat transfer due to physical attributes and possible evaporative efficiency. The reported reductions in the sudomotor activity of females and children suggest a lower sweating capacity in girls. However, because of the complexities of isolating sex and maturation from the confounding effects of morphological differences (e.g., body surface area-to-mass ratio) and metabolic heat production, limited evidence exists supporting whether children, and, more specifically, girls are at a thermoregulatory disadvantage. 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