Families Enjoying the Outdoors.Fun, fitness, and family seem to be the buzzwords Below is a list of common buzzwords which form part of the business jargon of Corporate work environments. General Conversation
prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a study conducted by New York-based research firm Roper Starch starch, white, odorless, tasteless, carbohydrate powder. It plays a vital role in the biochemistry of both plants and animals and has important commercial uses. Worldwide, 67 percent of all Americans participate in some sort of recreational activity at least once a month, compared with 50 percent six years ago. Recreation can include bicycling, swimming, hiking hiking Walking, often among hills or mountains, as recreational sport. It represents an activity in its own right and also figures in backpacking, camping, hunting, mountaineering, and orienteering. , and snow snowboarding snowboarding: see under skiing. snowboarding Sport of sliding downhill over snow on a snowboard, a wide ski ridden in a surfing position. Derived from surfing and influenced also by skateboarding as well as skiing, snowboarding began to burgeon , among other things. Just two in ten Americans did not participate in outdoor recreation at least annually last year -- down from three in ten in 1994. Outdoor recreation seems to be especially important to families with young children. Of families with children ages seven and younger, 65 percent report engaging in outdoor recreation as a family at least monthly, compared with 57 percent of married, childless couples. Who spends time outdoors? 45% total public 57% married 62% married both work 60% total parents 65% parents of children 0-7 59% parents of children 8-17 |
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