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1 total fat and dietary fat.
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3 Q. Yes?
4 A. So that gives me an element of confidence and
5 certainly the FAO WHO 1994 report says much the same thing.
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7 Q. In that case there is not much between us, I have to say,
8 because you and I discussed this last time and I put to it
9 you that simply because such a body, whether it be the
10 Scottish Department or the WHO or indeed one of these COMO
11 panels, makes a recommendation, is very far from saying
12 that it is satisfied that X causes Y, and you agreed with
13 me?
14 A. Is there a statement about that in the WHO report?
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16 Q. Yes, THERE is. I think it is only fair you should see it.
17 My Lord, it is tab 24 of orange 4, my Lord. 5th October
18 1994, page 53.
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20 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I remember we had this problem before.
21 A. I think, my Lord, I know what Mr. Arnott is talking
22 about.
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24 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is in the witness bundle.
25 A. I have a recollection.
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27 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is not in there.
28 A. I have a recollection, my Lord, that what Mr. Arnott
29 may be referring to --
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31 MS. STEEL: Well, if we pass up my copy.
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33 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Is there a spare copy somewhere? We managed
34 to produce one before.
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36 MR. RAMPTON: We have got one here, my Lord.
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38 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I think it is better that you hang on to your
39 own copy. (Same handed).
40 A. Thank you.
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42 MR. RAMPTON: I take it you are pretty familiar with this
43 document?
44 A. Well, it is a lot of words and a lot of pages.
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46 Q. Well, true enough. Skip a lot of pages to page 91?
47 A. 91?
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49 Q. Right-hand column "fat consumption." This is the section
50 which is headed, whatever it may mean, integrating
51 information on nutrition and dietary relationships to
52 disease. And after the first big paragraph, this is about
53 total fat consumption, as I have understood it, then it
54 says, after that first big paragraph: Table 11 page 67
55 summarizes the links between diet and cancer. It suggests
56 that a high intake of total fat may also promote the
57 development of a number of cancers. The evidence cannot be
58 considered sufficiently strong to be termed causal but most
59 expert groups now consider it prudent to reduce fat intakes
60 in Western societies from the prevailing figure of about
