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1 values, there is probably no danger.
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3 Q. The Government is giving these recommendations with the
4 intent that children aged 5 and above do not go over those
5 recommendations?
6 A. Yes.
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8 MR. MORRIS: Sorry, those recommendations for children aged 5
9 and above, that has been applicable since 1984, has it not,
10 since COMA advised that:
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12 "Children over 5 years and above should moderate their
13 dietary fat intake along with the rest of the population."
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15 That is in paragraph 7.6?
16 A. Yes.
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18 Q. It says: "This approach has received general endorsement"?
19 A. Yes. Some pediatricians have reservations but, in
20 generally, it has not altered.
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22 Q. There is one point in this book I wanted to look at which
23 was on page 28. It is in 1.5.9. The last sentence, the
24 last full sentence 4 lines up:
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26 "If our recommendation to reduce dietary saturated fatty
27 acid to about 10 percent of dietary energy were
28 implemented, mean plasma cholesterol levels would decline
29 by about one eighth and the proportion requiring individual
30 intervention according to EAS criteria would decline from
31 23 per cent to 6 percent."
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33 You would accept that, would you?
34 A. Well, yes, I have no reason not to.
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36 Q. The point being that there could be quite dramatic health
37 benefits from what seem to be quite small changes in diet
38 in terms of the number of people affected?
39 A. Yes. Predictions of this kind have been around for
40 quite a long time. Whether they are actually achieved in
41 practice when people make recommendations is quite a
42 different matter.
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44 Q. Right. If I can move off that book for a while and I would
45 like to go to the World Health Organisation.
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47 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Let us take a break now
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49 (A short adjournment)
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Unless anybody has a specific objection, I
52 think we should carry on without the Caseview.
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54 MR. MORRIS: Now, in an order to attempt to find the World
55 Health Organisation Study Group Pamphlet, "Diet Nutrition
56 and Prevention of Chronic Diseases", I am not sure where it
57 was put in the files. I do not know if it was put behind
58 Doctor Neil Barnard's statement or where really.
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60 MR. JUSTICE BELL: I have it behind divider 11 of a pale blue
