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Breakout Session #2 – North Room

Joining Forces with Human Resources We all know that bicycling makes for healthier employees and fewer sick

days. This should make Human Resource professionals and bicyclists natural allies, yet workplace advocates and HR don’t always seem to speak the same

language. Learn tips on presenting biking proposals to HR and hear case studies of successful partnerships.

Joining Forces with HR Portland Employer Bike Summit

May 16, 2014

Joining Forces with HR: Speakers

•Jim Maestretti, Cambia Health •Jodi Wilson, Metro •Caitlin Hemphill and Evan Chenoweth, Daimler Trucks North America •Phil Moran, Stoel Rives

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 2010f: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20724675

• New riders of light rail transit correlated with an average weight loss of 6 pounds for a 5’5” person: The Effect of Light Rail Transit on Body Mass Index and Physical Activity, John M. MacDonald, PhD, Robert J. Stokes, PhD, Deborah A. Cohen, MD, MPH, Aaron Kofner, MS, Greg K. Ridgeway, PhD, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2010: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20621257

Active Transportation is Healthy

Driving is not healthy behavior

• Weight Gain Among Physically Active

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

Joining Forces with HR: Speakers

•Jim Maestretti, Cambia Health •Jodi Wilson, Metro •Caitlin Hemphill and Evan Chenoweth, Daimler Trucks North America •Phil Moran, Stoel Rives