Stop prioritising the car to tackle childhood obesity, governments and planners urged UK governments need stop prioritising the car if they are serious about tackling childhood obesity, insist clinicians and transport experts*. The...
It is no secret that cycling provides health benefits, but it is amazing how just riding a bike to work offers extraordinary advantages. The Velo-city 2018 program will broadly focus on cycling as a tool for Happiness and Quality of Life. A session...
The sixth edition of the Winter Cycling Congress, held this year February 8-11 in Moscow, was the largest-ever gathering devoted to year-round cycling. Organized by the Russian cycling advocacy group Let’s bike it! together with the Winter Cycling...
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...
Led by the Sport and Citizenship think tank, TAFISA and ICSSPE, PACTE aims to sensitize municipalities, Europe-wide, on the crucial role they can play promoting Health-Enhancing Physical Activity. Being a partner in this project, ECF is involved to...
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...
A recent research by the University of the West of England found that a 20-minute increase in commute time is as bad as a 19 per cent pay cut for job satisfaction: every extra minute spent travelling to and from work reduces job and leisure time...
There is a huge opportunity to promote a greater culture of walking and cycling. We reported in July about a brilliant initiative by Healthy Stadia, World Heart Federation and UEFA to develop and pilot an app promoting walking and cycling to host...
UPDATE 22/09/17: ECF was pleased to be given the opportunity to comment on the WHO Draft Global Action Plan on Physical Activity (GAPPA). The ECF submission can be found HERE. We are committed and willing to assist in its ongoing development,...
New approach to promoting physical activity moves cycling and walking to head of the pack. WHO launched a process developing a new Global Action Plan for the promotion of Physical Activity (#GAPPA). ECF was invited to contribute our expertise...
We've long been fans of cycling for tranSPORT, cycling to sport, and even now and then cycling as a sport, as long as you're doing it yourself! As ECF’s health policy officer I'm not really a big fan of major sports events. That’s first and foremost...
A cycling tour was co-organised on 1-7 May 2017, by Turkish ECF Member Enverçevko (Energy Efficiency and Environment Protection Association), Bursa Bubidosd (Bursa Bicycle and Nature Friends Association), Uludağ University Bicycle Community and...
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