News

by Carolyn Szczepanski

September 1, 2010

By Carolyn Szczepanski

Researchers at Utrecht University in the Netherlands investigated whether cyclists’ exposure to air pollution and traffic accidents undermined the health benefits of biking. Not by a long shot! In fact, they concluded, “the beneficial effect of increased physical activity due to cycling resulted in about nine times more gains in life years than the losses in life years due to increased inhaled air pollution doses and traffic accidents.

,

by Carolyn Szczepanski

September 1, 2010

Latest Comments

  • Great !! Names or title of report /article

    This is great to hear, and adds to other evidence saying the same. For intance the oft-quoted study :
    Lars Bo Andersen, PhD, DMSc; Peter Schnohr, MD; Marianne Schroll, PhD, DMSc; Hans Ole Hein, MD : All-Cause Mortality Associated With Physical Activity During Leisure Time, Work, Sports, and Cycling to Work

    See also e.g.
    http://cyclehelmets.org/1185.html
    http://www.dft.gov.uk/cyclingengland/health-fitness/health-benefits-of-cycling/
    Health economic assessment tool (HEAT) for cycling, from WHO

    It would be great to give readers a lead to this research at Utrecht University, so that they can look fot the article / report / abstract, and check it out, plus use as a refrence in the future.

    Thanks for a great magazine !
    / Morten

    Posted by Morten Lange February 02, 2011 11:21:27

Add your thoughts