Day 256 - 04 Jun 96 - Page 74
1 over 50 per cent of energy from fat. The Germans are just
2 about on 50. Do you see that?
3 A. Yes.
4
5 Q. The quantity is along the bottom?
6 A. Sure.
7
8 Q. The French are I think it is about 45, but it might be 44;
9 do you see that?
10 A. Right.
11
12 Q. Whereas we are down on that, below I do not know what it
13 is. It is round about 42 or something like that; is it
14 not?
15 A. Right.
16
17 Q. Now if you look at the -- I do not know what you call
18 them -- but the step graphs on the left-hand side of the
19 page, and look at the coronary heart disease mortality in
20 Europe, you find the United Kingdom and France in the row
21 one up from the bottom. The French mortality from heart
22 disease is about a quarter of ours or less; is it not?
23 A. Yes.
24
25 Q. The West German mortality from heart disease is very
26 significantly less than the United Kingdom; is it not?
27 A. Yes.
28
29 Q. If you look at the bottom of the page, the first figure
30 2.22 expresses the systolic blood pressure of various
31 countries in males aged between 35 and 64?
32 A. Yes.
33
34 Q. It is significantly higher in France, is it not, than it is
35 in this country?
36 A. Right.
37
38 Q. Middle column, next column to the right, 2.23, this
39 expresses cholesterol expressed as, what is it, millilitres
40 per litre or something?
41 A. Millimoles per litre.
42
43 Q. Distribution: We find that again the French have higher
44 levels of blood cholesterol than we do; is that right?
45 A. Yes.
46
47 Q. Then last 2.24, body mass index. 13 and over, do you
48 agree, is obese?
49 A. Generally speaking it is 25.
50
51 Q. It is what, sorry?
52
53 MR. JUSTICE BELL: What I have been told so far is 25 and over
54 is overweight; 30 and over is obese?
55 A. OK.
56
57 Q. Do you have a reason for disagreeing with that?
58 A. No, that is OK, that is fine.
59
60 Q. Or over 25 is overweight but ----
