The_Tired_Horizon@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago[meme] I thought a cycling meme would work best here, oddly.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1image[meme] I thought a cycling meme would work best here, oddly.lemmy.worldThe_Tired_Horizon@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squaresomething_random_tho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoEven accounting for a 5.5x higher likelihood of a fatal collision on a bike, you still more than make up that life expectancy from exercise. Here’s an in-depth study from the NIH: https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/full/10.1289/ehp.0901747 The ratio of life years gained to lost was 8.4 for persons < 40 years of age, 8.6 for persons 40–64 years of age, and 10.8 for persons ≥ 65 years of age.
Even accounting for a 5.5x higher likelihood of a fatal collision on a bike, you still more than make up that life expectancy from exercise.
Here’s an in-depth study from the NIH: https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/full/10.1289/ehp.0901747