{"id":170051,"date":"2018-08-22T13:33:03","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T13:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=170051"},"modified":"2018-08-22T13:33:03","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T13:33:03","slug":"cyclists-suffer-fewer-mental-health-problems-than-general-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/08\/22\/cyclists-suffer-fewer-mental-health-problems-than-general-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclists Suffer Fewer Mental Health Problems Than General Public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span lang=\"en-GB\">The latest study, published earlier this month, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanpsy\/article\/PIIS2215-0366(18)30227-X\/fulltext?mod=article_inline\">looked at 1.2 million adults<\/a><span lang=\"en-GB\"> in America to find out how physical exercise affects mental health. Cyclists placed second <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">among<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"> the groups which experienced the least amount of problems. <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">They were <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">second only t<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">o t<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">eam sports enthusiasts. In general, people who exercised suffered 43 per cent fewer days of bad mental health compared with those who did not take part in any sporting activity at all.<\/span><\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Researchers looked at the effects of the exercise type, duration, frequency, and intensity. Factors of age, race, gender, marital status, income and more were taken into account. There was a positive correlation between exercise and lower mental health burden, which was reduced by 11 to 22 per cent. A 45-minute exercise three to five times a week was associated with the lowest risk.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BmZFVzHAxJz\/?hl=cs&#038;taken-by=wlcmagazine<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span lang=\"en-GB\">Specific types, durations, and frequencies of exercise might be more effective clinical targets than others for reducing mental health burden, and merit interventional study,\u201d the <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">paper<\/span> <span lang=\"en-GB\">concludes<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">On average, c<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">yclists <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">experienced <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">21 per cent <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">fewer <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">days of self-reported bad mental health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Need any more reason to head out today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest study, published earlier this month, looked at 1.2 million adults in America to find out how physical exercise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":162840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[332],"tags":[2212,2213,2211],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-170051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-and-training","tag-cycling-and-health","tag-mental-health","tag-research"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cyclists Suffer Fewer Mental Health Problems Than General Public - \u0160koda We Love Cycling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The latest study, published earlier this month, looked at 1.2 million adults in America to find out how physical exercise affects mental health. 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