Bicycling for Transportation and Recreation in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

Bicycling as a mode of transportation can be an easy and inexpensive way of integrating health enhancing physical activity into everyday life. In the present paper, we summarize the evidence from studies on bicycling for transportation and recreation in relation to cardiovascular disease prevention. We also estimate the population impact of increasing bicycling as a mode of transportation. The overall evidence from prospective cohort studies...