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Infrastructure, programs, and policies to increase bicycling: An international review
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Most of the evidence examined in this review supports the crucial role of public policy in encouraging bicycling, including infrastructure provision and pro-bicycle programs, supportive land use planning, and restrictions on car use.About:
This article is published in Preventive Medicine.The article was published on 2010-01-01. It has received 1266 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Poison control & Bike lane.read more
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Global physical activity levels: surveillance progress, pitfalls, and prospects
Pedro C. Hallal,Lars Bo Andersen,Lars Bo Andersen,Fiona Bull,Regina Guthold,William L. Haskell,Ulf Ekelund,Ulf Ekelund +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe physical activity levels worldwide with data for adults (15 years or older) from 122 countries and for adolescents (13-15-years-old) from 105 countries.
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Role of Built Environments in Physical Activity, Obesity, and Cardiovascular Disease
TL;DR: These results provide an empirical rationale for intervention and highlight the need to maintain support for the multisector, long-term efforts required to change environments, and evaluate interventions so they become ever more evidence-based.
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City planning and population health: a global challenge
Billie Giles-Corti,Anne Vernez-Moudon,Rodrigo Siqueira Reis,Rodrigo Siqueira Reis,Rodrigo Siqueira Reis,Gavin Turrell,Gavin Turrell,Andrew L. Dannenberg,Hannah Badland,Sarah Foster,Melanie Lowe,James F. Sallis,Mark Stevenson,Neville Owen,Neville Owen +14 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify eight integrated regional and local interventions that, when combined, encourage walking, cycling, and public transport use, while reducing private motor vehicle use, and recommend establishing a set of indicators to benchmark and monitor progress towards achievement of more compact cities that promote health and reduce health inequities.
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Time Use and Physical Activity: A Shift Away from Movement across the Globe
Shu Wen Ng,Barry M. Popkin +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors measured historical and current MET by four major physical activity domains (occupation, home production, travel and active leisure) and sedentary time among adults (>18 years).
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Bicycling renaissance in North America? An update and re-appraisal of cycling trends and policies
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed trends in cycling levels, safety, and policies in Canada and the USA over the past two decades, analyzing aggregate data for the two countries as well as city-specific case study data for nine large cities (Chicago, Minneapolis, Montreal, New York, Portland, San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver, and Washington).
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Physical Activity And Health: A Report Of The Surgeon General
TL;DR: This report is the first report of the Surgeon General on physical activity and health, and strong evidence is shown to indicate that regular physical activity will provide clear and substantial health gains.
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Making Cycling Irresistible: Lessons from The Netherlands, Denmark and Germany
John Pucher,Ralph Buehler +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show how the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany have made bicycling a safe, convenient, and practical way to get around their cities, relying on national aggregate data as well as case studies of large and small cities in each country.
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All-cause mortality associated with physical activity during leisure time, work, sports, and cycling to work
TL;DR: Leisure time physical activity was inversely associated with all-cause mortality in both men and women in all age groups, and benefit was found from moderate leisure timephysical activity, with further benefit from sports activity and bicycling as transportation.
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Promoting safe walking and cycling to improve public health: Lessons from The Netherlands and Germany
I John Pucher,Lewis Dijkstra +1 more
TL;DR: A wide range of measures are available to improve the safety of walk and cycling in American cities, both to reduce fatalities and injuries and to encourage walking and cycling.
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Safety in numbers: more walkers and bicyclists, safer walking and bicycling
TL;DR: A motorist is less likely to collide with a person walking and bicycling if more people walk or bicycle, and policies that increase the numbers of people walking or bicycling appear to be an effective route to improving the safety of people walk and bicycle.
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