HR, Facilities and Biking:

Meet Your Wellness and Recruiting Goals by Creating a Bike-Friendly Workplace

Panelists

Brian Berchtold, Vice President Sales & Marketing, hubbub health Alyson Beck, Director of Legal Affairs, Elemental Jim Maestretti, Director of Human Resources, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon

Studies Show: Active Transportation Makes You

Healthier • Women who bike 30 minutes a day

have a lower risk of breast cancer, The effect of physical activity on breast cancer risk: A cohort study of 30,548 women, European Journal of Epidemiology, 16, 973-80: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11338130

Active Transportation is Healthy

• Higher levels of active transportation correlates with less obesity: Walking and Cycling to Health: A Comparative Analysis of City, State, and International Data, John Pucher, PhD, American Journal of Public Health, August 2010: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20724675

• New riders of light rail transit correlated with significant weight loss: The Effect of Light Rail Transit on Body Mass Index and Physical Activity, John M. MacDonald, PhD, et al PhD, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2010: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20621257

Active Transportation is Healthy

Driving is not good for your health

• Weight Gain Among Physically Active

Adults, Takemi Sugiyama, PhD, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2013: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23332335