Development of the health economic assessment tool (‎HEAT)‎ for walking and cycling: seventh consensus meeting: meeting report: 8 March and 5 April 2023

Overview

The project on the Health Economic Assessment Tool (‎HEAT)‎ for Walking and Cycling,1 coordinated by WHO, steered by a coordinating team of multidisciplinary experts and supported by relevant international experts invited ad hoc, hold advisory group and consensus meetings to discuss and agree upon methodological updates and new features of the HEAT. The seventh meeting was convened to achieve scientific consensus on a new functionality for assessing the effects of e-biking. Twenty participants attended the meeting, comprising members of the HEAT coordinating team, the HEAT advisory group and invited experts, seven participants from WHO regions (‎five from the European Region and two from the Region of the Americas)‎, and two from WHO headquarters. Participants discussed and adopted eight recommendations and provided comments, which will be taken into account in finalizing an updated version of the HEAT that includes e-biking.