Transport By Bicycle May Seem To Be A Thing Of The Past

Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in the United States, causing about 610,000 deaths yearly (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). Cardiovascular disease is defined as a group of disorders damaging the heart and blood vessels, usually involving the blockage of vessels, which in turn harm the heart (WHO, 2015). A 2011 American Heart Association statement predicted that without intervention, 40% of United States adults will have at least one form of Cardiovascular disease by 2030. A large portion of these deaths by cardiovascular disease is due to the sedentary population. To better prevent cardiovascular disease, the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Advisory Committee stated that adults should complete about 150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity, or 75 minutes of vigorous intensity physical activity weekly (Barry, Blair, Church, Hooker, Sui, Warren, 2010). Research has shown that meeting these recommendations is linked with lower cardiovascular disease risk, as well as reduced risk of mortality. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that only about 20.3% of Americans meet these guidelines. These statistics show that the majority of the United States population does not get nearly the amount of physical activity they need. However, even though many people are not doing the recommended amount of physical activity, this may not mean that they are living a sedentary life. Living a sedentary lifestyle is

Since 1990s, many scientists agree that exercise has positive impacts on people’s physical health and mental health (SIME WE, 1987). From Morgan and O’Connor’s research, people can reduce stress and state anxiety by doing physical activities; also gain emotional pleasure from the process (Morgan and O’Connor, 1988). Later in 1997, Landers states that physical activities can reduce people depression after weeks of regular and routine exercise. In addition, people can benefit from more

Cardiovascular and metabolic diseases are a growing problem around the world today. Not only do diseases such as diabetes and heart disease affect individuals and their lifestyles, they also affect the economy, politics, education and the professional work environment. 20-26% of individuals in the United States live with heart disease, and obesity and high blood pressure compose the greatest factors for developing this disease [20]. Studies have shown a direct correlation between the amount of sedentary time and cardiovascular and metabolic disease risk, regardless of baseline measurements [20]. Thus, increase in physical activity will decrease cardiometabolic risk factors [8]. Several studies indicate a positive correlation between physical activity and decreased cardiometabolic risk markers [2,4,11,16]. However, we now know that an individual who is getting the recommended physical activity per day can still have a large amount of sedentary time.

The majority think of health results from biking as only physical, however those people forget the spirit and mind are just as much affected, if not more. Mental health is one of the most important problems we face today; we live in a world that provides us with everything we need to live, and although this may seem nice, it causes our dopamine to have problems. Dopamine is released from eating, laughing, or any other activity that is “fun”, but because we are given everything, we can have problems with this “fun” hormone, causing: addiction, depression, stress, or anxiety. Biking

The publics idea of health has evolved over the decades, similar to fashion in that it is continuously morphing and even trends have resurrected with new twists. Recent developments have seen widespread awareness of the importance of regular exercise and many benefits of a balanced diet. Yet despite the plethora of health and fitness methods and resources, the general population has never been so physically sedentary and out of shape. According to the national center for health statistics, America life expectancy has declined despite advances in the fitness industry, concerns over secondary conditions such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes has created an urgency of public health officials as they try to mandate new strategies to fight this national epidemic.

Nowadays, we have so many types of video games and movies that we don't tend to go out as much to do physical activities. Many of us have forgotten about bike riding, hiking, swimming, or simply going to the park. Not many people engage in excising and this is one of the reasons as to why our health rates in America are so poor. According to Livestrong.com, " Even if [we] are at a healthy weight, cardiorespiratory fitness is crucial to your overall health. Researchers at the Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas, Texas examined the effect of cardio fitness on all-cause mortality...the study found that lean men with low cardio fitness were twice as likely to die from all causes than lean, cardio-fit men." This only proves the fact on how much cardiovascular exercise makes an impact in our life. It literally is a life or death

Tobacco use, obesity, and physical inactivity are the leading contributors to morbidity and mortality in the United States. We can decrease the morbidity and mortality of the three leading contributors.

The more modern life, the higher traveling. One country cannot develop without traveling. Thus, governments should give more money, and policies to improve the quality of streets, roads, highways and besides, governments have to increase more public transportation such as buses, trains, subways.. to service the needs of traveling.

Commuting in Toronto includes TTC, cars and bicycles; however, in recent years a new alternative for transportation known as the Kick Scooter has become a very favorable choice when people think of an efficient way to move around the city. Currently, for most Torontians, the TTC and bikes are the fastest and most efficient ways to commute in Toronto and according to a 2014 ranking, the TTC was considered one the most successful systems of transportation compared with other cities (Flack, 2014). In addition, bikes are mostly considered “healthy, convenient, cost-effective, and fun” (Start Cycling) but although the TTC and bicycles provide a good service, many people over time have obtained better results from alternative transportation, especially

Personal fitness has never been emphasized too little in today’s society. The various reason consider personal fitness includes health, cosmetic, and competitive sport reasons. However, one side effect from personal fitness that people rarely consider as their main reason to participate is happiness. For me, going to the gym makes me happy because going to the gym relieves stress and gives an opportunity to be social.

General recommendations are now widely accepted as to the general advantages of exercise in terms of physical health, such as its ability to prevent weight gain, coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and osteoporosis.14 It appears that health promotion schemes have shied away from extolling exercise’s psychological benefits. After all, there is no government campaign, no public policy initiative, which pontificates exercise on account of a concern for mental wellbeing. Although many people would identify that exercise has a positive influence on mood state, it appears that, generally speaking, this is regarded as a positive correlation, rather than a causal relationship. The ‘healthy body, healthy mind’ concept is thus, for many, a heuristic utopia, rather than a scientifically proven

Physical inactivity is one of the serious risk factors that leading death globally. In the 21st century, people in level of age, especially in middle and high income countries do less physical activity. The reason of physical inactivity is technological development. For instance, almost everyone use phone and computer, and they can access to the internet easily. Thus, most people spend their time in using computer, phone and internet. People forget to talk with people, and forget to do physical activity. People are stimulated by technology. Moreover, the physical inactivity can cause cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes. It mostly happens in developed countries and among

Amy Westervelt, author of the article Bike-Sharing Grows Up: New Revenue Models Turn a Nice Idea into Good Business, informs the audience of how bike-sharing is exponentially growing worldwide and how it’s affecting consumers, the environment and businesses. She illustrates this by firstly providing a brief history, secondly introducing growth and fundamentality and thirdly by elaborating on its impact on a wide scale. Throughout the beginning of the article Amy Westervelt attests that in past years the launch of bike-sharing in the U.S. has faced adversity, however, its future has shifted into a promising one with as far as having much fame in other countries, due to better management, such as in France, China, India and now the U.S. Furthermore,

The fact that global warming is trending on media nowadays is obvious. Pollution has been pointed at as the cause of this issue, and solution needs to be thought about. Nevertheless, where does the pollution mostly come from? Obviously, it comes from many different places, but cars are the highest producers of pollution inside the cities. Pollution is related to traffic; every city has to deal with this type of issue. It is clear to understand that reducing the numbers of cars on the streets will reduce the traffic as well, and consequently part of this problem will be solved. However, bringing out an old pleasure of riding bikes will decrease the number of cars on the streets, pollution in the air, and it will increase the health habits in the cities daily routine. Nowadays, it is easy to have a car. The routine of going to work or running errands has always been done by a car. At this point, the idea of riding bikes to work or just for fun on weekends is certainly an excellent way to attempt to solve the issue of too many motor vehicles on the streets. Also, bicycles are cheap compared to a car, and it is easy to keep safely wherever you go. For example, many places such as restaurants and bars are giving to customers safely places to lock their bicycles; without extra costs. Consequently, this attitude has increased attendance to those places, but also has helped increase this new trend. In addition, many companies established in the city center, are willing to give

Exercise may be one of the most important influences on your overall health to date. While the only benefits that are mainly focused on are the physical benefits, significant psychological impacts can also be linked to exercise. Although some of these benefits aren’t viewed with much enthusiasm, studies have proven that exercise can actually improve one’s quality of life greatly by increasing not only their physical health but their mental health as well. It is because of this that exercise is a