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posted by martyb on Friday September 08 2017, @12:15PM   Printer-friendly
from the wiggle-while-you-work dept.

Most cycle-commuters will tell you cycling to work is the best way to get to and from work and it's probably doing you some good. However a recent major study, published in the British Medical Journal, suggests that the health benefits are staggering, slashing the risk of heart disease and cancer. FTFA:

Research has consistently shown that people who are less physically active are both more likely to develop health problems like heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and to die younger. Yet there is increasing evidence that physical activity levels are on the decline.

The problem is that when there are many demands on our time, many people find prioritising exercise difficult. One answer is to multi-task by cycling or walking to work. We've just completed the largest ever study into how this affects your health.

You can read an article here at The Conversation website and you the original research is here at the BMJ website.


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by http on Friday September 08 2017, @04:50PM (5 children)

    by http (1920) on Friday September 08 2017, @04:50PM (#565190)

    If a car taking you out on your bike takes away your family's support, get some fucking insurance dude. There's more hazards in this life than getting hit by a car.

    No place is "made" for bikes without government action. Amsterdam in 1950 was wall to wall cars, and you needed a car. The government decided to do something about it. It took a very long time, and now people think the place was built for bikes. It's an easy mistake to make, a misunderstanding of history and politics. Same for Copenhagen, Ljubljana, et cetera. Seville decided to make the push more recently, with good results.

    So lobby your government.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 08 2017, @05:37PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 08 2017, @05:37PM (#565221)

    I'd prefer to be alive with my family and contributing over them getting an insurance payout.
    Maybe you feel otherwise. Do you even have a family?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 08 2017, @06:41PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 08 2017, @06:41PM (#565254)

      If your car is in a crash, you are more likely to die due to the higher speeds involved.

      I survived being hit by what was most likely a minivan. Still talking thanks to: luck, equipment (study rear wheel and helmet), and skill (made an emergency steering maneuver to get off the road -- did not fall under van).

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 08 2017, @07:03PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 08 2017, @07:03PM (#565258)

        Not sure what you are asserting. Car vs. car crash maybe?

        I can say definitively that in a car, I am protected in a collision by:
        1) car body crumple zones
        2) seat belt
        3) airbags

        A bicyclist is protected by...
        Maybe a little piece of styrofoam on the top of his head. That's it.

        You don't have to die either for damage to be done. Head trauma is no joke.

        BTW, glad you escaped serious injury that time.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 09 2017, @05:09PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 09 2017, @05:09PM (#565706)

          Yes, car vs car crash. It is the most common vehicle on the road after all.

          As I mentioned in GP, both vehicles had a crumple zone: the bumper on the mininvan, and the rear wheel on my bike. I am not sure, but suspect that helped more than the helmet.

  • (Score: 2) by Common Joe on Sunday September 10 2017, @05:09AM

    by Common Joe (33) <{common.joe.0101} {at} {gmail.com}> on Sunday September 10 2017, @05:09AM (#565863) Journal

    If a car taking you out on your bike takes away your family's support, get some fucking insurance dude. There's more hazards in this life than getting hit by a car.

    That feels a bit callous. I have two friends whose husbands died (both under 50) neither of which were on a bike at the time. It's not a pretty picture . Riding a bike is many places is extremely dangerous. Every time I get on one, I think about my wife and how hard it would be for her if I died -- or worse, turned into a vegetable. Even if insurance were generous enough to pay, their lives aren't just dollar signs.

    And, generally speaking, if getting government to do anything productive were so easy, I don't think we'd be having the massive problems in the U.S. that we have now.