Commentary on “The BRICS Council of Exercise and Sport Science (BRICSCESS) — A new era has dawned” that has been published on JSHS

摘要

In 2018, the Journal of Sport and Health Science publishedan opinion article by Uvinha et al 1 that introduced the readersto the BRICS Council of Exercise and Sport Science (BRIC-SCESS). BRICS is an acronym coined in 2010 to reflect thefirst letter of 5 nations with emerging economies: Brazil, Rus-sia, India, China, and South Africa. The composition of theBRICS nations is of high strategic importance in terms ofgeography and health because the BRICS countries covermore than one-quarter of the world’s land mass, are home tonearly 40% of the world’s total population, and are undergoingrapid economic and population growth.