On the occasion of the Austrian presidency of the EU Council, the ECF has analyzed the impact of the newest WHO plan promoting physical activity (GAPPA 2018-30). What does GAPPA offer a well-developed country like Austria in terms of guidance and...
More than a quarter of the world’s adults (1.4 billion) have greater risk of type 2 diabetes, cancer, dementia and cardiovascular disease, because they do too little physical activity according to data from the first study to estimate global...
Telling success stories of cities reducing congestion by walking and cycling at TRA2018 ECF brought FLOW to TRA2018, telling success stories that show how cities are using walking and cycling to reduce congestion. “From Munich to Dublin...
Here’s a quick round up of items cycling around in the ECF health arena. The EU seeks your input on how to make cities healthier places to live with more walking and cycling, how much of the EU budget should be spent on health, and your views on the...
A study led by researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has found that expanding designated cycling networks in cities could provide considerable health and economic benefits, with a rate of return of up to 70 € for...
The prominent researchers Buehler & Pucher found that far fewer people have died walking and cycling over the years since the early 90s. Reviewing data they obtained from OECD, they report that pedestrian and cyclist mortality rates...
The latest ECF report on the Cycling Economy puts the health value at €96.55 billion per year as calculated by the WHO’s Health Economic Assessment tool (HEAT) . Adding morbidity, mental health, children and work absenteeism brings the number up to...
BRUSSELS, 14/07/2016 - This month the Slovaks took up the EU rotating presidency, with a number of events. The full program is here. ECF will attend the conference on Education in and through Sport which the Slovak government is...
Krakow, Poland. ECF Went to Poland recently for the TRA conference where health policy officer Dr Randy Rzewnicki presented How to calculate the positive impact of increasing cycling on health and the economy? Then he took the high speed train...
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