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CORRECTION article

Front. Public Health, 11 August 2025

Sec. Public Health Education and Promotion

Volume 13 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1626981

Correction: The impact of atmospheric pollutants on the physical health of college students based on physical examination data of college students from a university in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China

  • 1International Business School, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
  • 2Physical Education and Sports Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

In the published article, there was an error in the author list, and author Jiaxin He was erroneously included as a Corresponding Author. The corrected author list appears below.

Jiaxin He1†, Ke Liu1† and Zhiyu He2*

In the published article, there was an error in the article title. Instead of “The impact of atmospheric pollutants on the physical health of college students—based on physical examination data of college students from a certain university in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China”, it should be “The impact of atmospheric pollutants on the physical health of college students based on physical examination data of college students from a university in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China”.

In the published article, these references were erroneously included and should be removed:

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In the published article the following reference “Clougherty JE. A growing role for gender analysis in air pollution epidemiology. Environ Health Perspect. (2010) 118:167–176. doi: 10.1289/ehp.0900994;

Chen L, Gao D, Ma T, Chen M, Li Y, Ma Y, et al. Could greenness modify the effects of physical activity and air pollutants on overweight and obesity among children and adolescents? Sci Total Environ. (2022) 832:155117. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155117” was not cited in the article. The citation has now been inserted in [2 Data and methods], [2.3.1.1 Meaning of variables], [paragraph 3] and should read:

“Control variables: in addition to the impact of air pollutants on the physical health of college students, individual factors and other environmental influences may also play a significant role. Therefore, this study draws on existing research to select gender, weight, height, and other factors as control variables for individual differences (1, 2).”

In the published article

“Bernard P, Chevance G, Kingsbury C, Baillot A, Romain AJ, Molinier V, et al. Climate change, physical activity and sport: a systematic review. Sports Med. (2021) 51:1041–59. doi: 10.1007/s40279-021-01439-4;

Yu H, Zhang H. Impact of ambient air pollution on physical activity and sedentary behavior in children. BMC Public Health. (2023) 23:357. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15269-8” was not cited in the article. The citation has now been inserted in [Discussion], [paragraph 9] and should read:

“Air pollution not only has a direct impact on physical fitness but also indirectly affects health by altering lifestyle behaviors, such as reduced physical activity (53), increased sedentary time, and changes in dietary patterns (3, 4). The fluctuations in physical fitness scores and the widening distribution gaps observed in this study may reflect these indirect effects.”

In the published article

“Wang L, Zhang J, Wei J, Zong J, Lu C, Du Y, et al. Association of ambient air pollution exposure and its variability with subjective sleep quality in China: a multilevel modeling analysis. Environ Pollut. (2022) 312:120020. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120020;

Liu J, Zou P, Ma Y. The effect of air pollution on food preferences. J Acad Mark Sci. (2022) 50:410–23. doi: 10.1007/s11747-021-00809-8” was not cited in the article. The citation has now been inserted in [Discussion], [paragraph 9] and should read:

“Furthermore, the impact of air pollution on health is not limited to physical fitness but also involves other aspects such as mental health, sleep quality, and dietary habits (5, 6). Studies have shown that individuals living in high-pollution environments tend to choose unhealthy, high-calorie foods, further impacting overall health (58) (7)]”

The original version of this article has been updated.

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Keywords: air quality, physical health of college students, health effects, physical measurement data, pulmonary function of college students

Citation: He J, Liu K and He Z (2025) Correction: The impact of atmospheric pollutants on the physical health of college students based on physical examination data of college students from a university in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China. Front. Public Health 13:1626981. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1626981

Received: 12 May 2025; Accepted: 18 July 2025;
Published: 11 August 2025.

Edited and reviewed by: Christiane Stock, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

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*Correspondence: Zhiyu He, aGUuemhpLnl1QHhqdHUuZWR1LmNu

These authors share first authorship

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