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Exercise walking, which experienced 7.6% growth in 2008, remains the No. 1 participant activity surveyed by the National Sporting Goods Association, a position it has held since 1990.

Among sports participants age 7and older, females constitute a majority of participants in four of six fitness activities surveyed for 2007 by the National Sporting Goods Association, according to data in the new NSGA Sports Participation reports.

Among sports and recreation activities with 10 million or more participants, tennis experienced the highest growth rate in 2007, according to the National Sporting Goods Association.