Walter Rader, the fund's Northern Ireland director said all the grants had an important part to play in driving up participation in sports and activity, helping achieve fitter communities across Northern Ireland.
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Industries focused on this level include the sports industry and activity holidays.
"Schools that deliver PE well recognise these challenges and offer a wider variety of sports and physical activity that make girls feel included, " said chairwoman Baroness Sue Campbell.
We need to improve men's physical activity levels, whether through sports or building exercise into routine.
This could lead them to market gum as a way to focus on an activity, such as playing sports or videogames.
Some companies, such as New York-based tech advisory firm Basex and outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas have tried to quantify the productivity costs of employees distracted by online activity, such as fantasy sports.
By contrast, outdoors is associated not only with sports and nature but also with movement, activity, and high energy.
One of the main aims of the 5x60 project is to encourage children who do not enjoy traditional sports such as rugby, to find an activity that suits them.
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Changing our culture into one that promotes physical activity starts by making a priority out of funding school sports.
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The idea is, the casual participation in sports in class sparks an interest that inspires a child to try an activity outside of class.
The new curriculum will make it compulsory to take part in "recognised and recognisable sports" and will set out requirements for "team outdoor and adventurous activity".
About 44 million Americans spend time fishing, according to the American Sports Fishing Association, making it the country's No. 1 leisure activity.
In fact, occupational sitting time is where the epidemiology of physical activity first began, writes one researcher in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
Participation has surged over the years as fantasy sports has grown from a hobby for statistics-obsessed baseball fans to a mainstream activity.
For example, in 1995, the American College of Sports Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention jointly issued national guidelines called Physical Activity and Public Health, which were updated in 2007.
That would mean relatively small expenditures for the big companies that dominate the event's sponsorship activity, a worthwhile price for boosting your image in front of thousands of wealthy sports fans.
The country's first commercial drop zone was established in 1990 in Queenstown and the activity has grown quickly ever since, partly thanks to New Zealand's reputation for extreme sports.
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