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Actuary Report: Obesity costs $300BN
Actuary Report, quote from the summary: …the total economic cost of overweightand obesity in the United States and Canada caused by medical costs, excess mortalityand disability is approximately $300 billion per year. The portion of this total due to overweight is approximately $80 billion, and approximately $220 billion is due to obesity. The portion of the…
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Maybe time to convert to a standing workstation? (NYTimes)
IT workers beware: sitting! Inactivity Is Harmful, Even With Trips to the Gym – NYTimes.com.
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IKEA Transportfiets (The Recumbent Blog)
http://www.recumbentblog.com/2011/01/15/ikea-transportfiets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ikea-transportfiets Seriously I think this is poldly positive! This is what grocery stores and mini-malls should be doing!
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Statistics
I quote a comment wrt to the proposed Oregon child bicycle law: According the CDC ( http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/childpas.htm ) : “In the United States during 2005, 1,335 children ages 14 years and younger died as occupants in motor vehicle crashes, and approximately 184,000 were injured.” Accordining to http://www.helmets.org/stats.htm , which sourced it’s data from http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pubs/811156.pdf : 2008 data shows:…
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Brown Cycles makes stoker-forward kid tandems
I love these designs, putting the kids forward is a great idea! Brown Cycles of Grand Junction, Colorado.
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Great points re: proposed OR bike law (Totcycle)
Here’s a post covering a number of good points about why outlawing children under 6 on bikes or trailers is sheer inanity. http://totcycle.com/blog/family-cycling-outlaws.html Yes: obesity epidemic, heighten fear of cars, avoid traffic reduction, avoid slower speed limits, lets use sketchy data from a single survey to pass another law! Lets make it illegal to bike…
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Baby on your bike at six months? (guardian.co.uk)
When your toddler nods off on a bike ride with their head lolling forward…apparently that’s just fine. (Trailers are mentioned.) I don’t like the rear seats on bikes, but I’m eager to try out a handlebar front seat on a bike. When can you put your baby on your bike? | Sam Haddad | Environment…
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Anyone read “Momentum Is Your Friend” by Joe Kurmaskie?
I very nice woman chatted with me at Whatcom Falls park while I was there with Jesse and she mentioned this book about a man who did a cross-America tour with his two sons. Amazon.com: Momentum Is Your Friend: The Metal Cowboy and His Pint-Sized Posse Take on America (9781891369650): Joe Kurmaskie: Books.
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Want warmer hands? Snip that elastic!
I found a pair of black fleece flip-mits (glomits) at Yeagers in November. With a pair of polypro liners underneath, they are almost winning a winter riding combo. However, these glomits are of rather odd dimentions. They are long enough for my hands but are quite floppy around my fingers and the mit is a…
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Women’s Domestic Freedom…from Cars
This article by Elly Blue describes a confused world full of sexism, angry drivers and confused cyclists. I often forget about the strong sports and athletic emphasis in the cycling world–mostly because I don’t really pay attention to the sports side of it. Women are still touted as sex objects in the cycling world. Sports seems to cloud…
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