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arbcombo -- White paper on the health benefits of physical activity is now available

Posted: 28 Mar 2017 09:49:01
Air Resources Board staff have posted a white paper on the health
benefits of physical activity and air pollution exposure while
walking and bicycling for transportation.  

Researchers are continuing to study how the built environment,
the human-made space in which people live, work, and play on a
day-to-day basis, can impact health and physical activity. There
is overwhelming evidence that physical activity has wide-ranging
positive health benefits including disease prevention, improved
heart health, brain function, and reduced cancer risk in
individuals of all ages and ethnicities. New community design
strategies and Smart Growth principles have the potential to
increase the opportunities for community members to exercise as
well as walk and bike for transportation, but if individuals are
walking and bicycling on high-traffic roads, their exposure to
air pollution may also be increased. However, recent evidence
indicates that the health benefits of outdoor physical activity
outweigh the harms of increased air pollution exposure in most
environments. 

The recently posted white paper, titled “Physical Activity:
Health Benefits, the Role of the Built Environment and Impacts of
Air Pollution,” summarizes the published literature on the health
benefits of physical activity, and specifically looks at the
research evaluating the health benefits of walking and bicycling
for transportation. Additionally, research results from studies
analyzing the combined health effects of increased physical
activity and air pollution exposure are discussed. 

Download the White Paper:
https://www.arb.ca.gov/research/vprp/physical_activity_and_health_final_161216.pdf

For more information, including the White Paper and other
resources, visit our Built Environment webpage:
https://www.arb.ca.gov/research/vprp/vprp.htm 

A fact sheet summarizing this document can be found here:
https://www.arb.ca.gov/html/fact_sheets/physical_activity_fact_sheet.pdf

For additional questions, contact:
Brian Moore
916-322-8280 
Brian.Moore@arb.ca.gov  



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