APPENDIX 6: ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
AIS Australian Institute of Sport
BASES British Association of Sport and Exercise
Sciences
BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research
Council
CEDAR Centre for Diet and Activity Research
CMO Chief Medical Officer
DCMS Department for Culture, Media and Sport
DH Department of Health
EIS English Institute of Sport
ESPRIT Elite Sport Performance Research in Training
GP General Practitioner
MOD Ministry of Defence
MRC Medical Research Council
NCSEM National Centre for Sports and Exercise
Medicine
NHS National Health Services
NICE National Institute for Health and Clinical
Excellence
NIHR National Institute for Health Research
QOF Quality and Outcomes Framework
QR Quality-related Research
RCP The Royal College of Physicians
REP Register of Exercise Professionals
SEM Sport and exercise medicine
SES Sport and exercise science
UCL University College London
WHO World Health Organisation
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