Day 253 - 21 May 96 - Page 29
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2 Q. Average for 1979, 88, and these are expressed in grams per
3 person today for the most part, though cheese and milk are
4 expressed as calories per person today.
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6 Can we look, first of all, at eggs, in which we see that
7 France and Germany both exceed the United Kingdom
8 consumption in grams per person per day; do you see that?
9 A. Yes.
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11 Q. If we look at cheese: France and Germany are next only to
12 Greece with France pushing Greece very high, whereas the
13 United Kingdom is only just over 50 calories per person per
14 day; do you see that?
15 A. Yes.
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17 Q. Milk: We exceed the Germans but under sugar, French; do
18 you see that?
19 A. Yes.
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21 Q. That excludes the butter. Where butter is concerned, we
22 eat, apparently, about 12, 13, or 14 grams per person per
23 day or did in those days; do you see that?
24 A. Yes.
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26 Q. Whereas the Germans touch 20 grams per person today and the
27 French exceed 20 grams per person per day?
28 A. Yes.
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30 Q. Are those differences between the daily per capita
31 consumptions of these substances significant or not?
32 A. They are certainly significant.
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34 Q. Then on the left-hand side, table 2.43 has two columns, the
35 right-hand column, one up from the bottom, we find the
36 total meat included poultry; do you see that?
37 A. Yes.
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39 Q. Again this is grams per person per day. We are at about
40 200 grams per person per day. The French are at, or just
41 above, 300 and the Germans just under 300; do you see that?
42 A. Yes.
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44 Q. Are those significant differences from a dietary point of
45 view in the consumption of meat?
46 A. Yes, it does indicate a difference in diet composition.
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48 Q. Then the only other one I need you to look at, please,
49 there are two perhaps: Cereals, which is the first one on
50 the left-hand side, we exceed both the French by not very
51 much, and the Germans by a bit; do you see that?
52 A. Yes.
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54 Q. However, when you look at vegetables and fruit, we are just
55 under 400 grams per person per day, the French are about
56 500 and so are the Germans; is that right?
57 A. Yes.
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59 Q. Are those, from a dietary point of view, significant
60 differences or not?
