@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiology of cycling for exercise, recreation or sport in Australia and its contribution to health-enhancing physical activity",
journal="Journal of science and medicine in sport",
year="2013",
author="Titze, Sylvia and Merom, Dafna and Rissel, Chris E. and Bauman, Adrian E.",
volume="17",
number="5",
pages="485-490",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To provide population estimates and explore trends for recreational cycling by subgroups, and to understand the contribution of recreational cycling to meeting the physical activity guidelines among Australian adults. DESIGN: Repeated cross sectional population surveys.   METHODS: Data from the Exercise, Recreational and Sport Survey (ERASS) for the years 2001-2009 were used. Approximately 13,000 Australian adults (≥15 years) were interviewed each year across all seasons. Data include frequency of cycling during the previous 12 months and average duration of a cycling session, asked since 2005. Three thresholds for meeting the physical activity guidelines were considered using the separate categories: achieving >150min, >300min, and 5 sessions of 30min cycling per week.   RESULTS: The pooled prevalence of recreational cycling was 10%. Employed middle-aged men with tertiary education reported the highest prevalence of recreational cycling. An increase in cycling was observed over time, mainly attributed to an increase in &quot;irregular&quot; cycling (<1/week). Among all cyclists a third met the physical activity guidelines of 150min/week, and less than 20% met the guidelines of 300min/week or 5 sessions of 30min/week, respectively. Although a small group, almost two thirds of those participating in organised or partly organised recreational cycling met the guidelines.   CONCLUSIONS: Recreational cycling is a plausible way to accumulate sufficient health-enhancing physical activity. The majority of recreational cyclists do not cycle in organised rides. Targeted efforts are needed to exploit the full potential of recreational cycling for public health.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1440-2440",
doi="10.1016/j.jsams.2013.09.008",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2013.09.008"
}