APOSS | Aberdeen Prospective Osteoporosis Screening Study |
BMI | Body Mass Index |
CMR | Continuous Morbidity Recording |
CSFII | Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals |
DAFNE | Data Food Networking |
Defra | Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
DoH | Department of Health |
DRV | Dietary Reference Value |
ECHI | European Community Health Indicators |
EFS | Expenditure and Food Survey |
EPIC | European Prospective Investigation of Cancer |
EU | European Union |
FFQ | Food Frequency Questionnaire |
FSA | Food Standards Agency |
FSAS | Food Standards Agency Scotland |
GP | General Practitioner |
HEPS | Health Education Population Survey |
HSE | Health Survey for England |
ISD | Information and Statistics Division of Scottish Executive Health Department |
LIDNS | Low Income Diet and Nutrition Survey |
MAFF | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food |
MIDAS | Management Information Dental Accounting System |
MONICA | Monitoring Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease |
MRC | Medical Research Council |
NatCen | National Centre for Social Research |
NFS | National Food Survey |
NDNS | National Diet and Nutrition Survey |
NHANES | National Health and Nutrition Examination Study (USA) |
NHS | National Health Service |
NIDDM | Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus |
NME | Non Milk Extrinsic |
NNSC | National Nutritional Surveillance Centre (Republic of Ireland) |
NSP | Non Starch Polysaccharides |
ONS | Office of National Statistics |
PAF | Performance Assessment Framework |
PTI | Practice Team Information |
RCT | Randomised Control Trial |
SACN | Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition |
SALSUS | Scottish School Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey |
SCG | Scottish Collaborative Group |
SDAP | Scottish Diet Action Plan |
SEED | Scottish Executive Education Department |
SEHD | Scottish Executive Health Department |
SHBDEP | Scottish Health Boards Dental Epidemiology Programme |
SHS | Scottish Health Survey |
SLAN | Survey for Lifestyles Attitude and Nutrition (Republic of Ireland) |
SNAP | Scottish Needs Assessment Programme |
TNS | Taylor Nelson Sofres |
UK | United Kingdom |
USA | United States of America |
WHO | World Health Organisation |