May is National Bike Month! Established by the League of American Bicyclists in 1956, National Bike Month is an opportunity to celebrate the many benefits of cycling and encourage more folks to give biking a try. What are some of the benefits of biking? It’s a non-weight-bearing aerobic activity. Biking burns more calories than walking, […]
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WRITTEN BY: Jenny Lobb, MPH, RD, LD, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, OSU Extension, Franklin County
REVIEWED BY: Michelle Treber, MA, LD, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, OSU Extension, Pickaway County
REFERENCES:
- Harvard Medical School (2010). Harvard Health Publications: Getting Back on the Bike. http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/getting-back-on-the-bike.
- Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2016). 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Summary. http://health.gov/paguidelines/guidelines/summary.aspx.
- The League of American Bicyclists (2016). National Bike Month. http://bikeleague.org/bikemonth.
- The League of American Bicyclists (2016). Rules of the Road. http://bikeleague.org/content/rules-road-0.