Day 298 - 11 Nov 96 - Page 11
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2 Can I say a couple of references which were referred to
3 last week, which I don't think I gave pages and reference
4 numbers for? There was one on whether or not - I think
5 this was Wheelock - it was sensible to encourage people to
6 eat food high in fat, and so on. I will not read out the
7 whole quote again. That was day 50, page 18, line 14.
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9 Day 15, page 20, line 12, he accepted that there were
10 certain of the products in McDonald's range which did not
11 conform to the recommendations for dietary guidelines.
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13 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Are those both 15?
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15 MS. STEEL: Yes, 15. Day 16, page 30, line 23 was the
16 agreement that diet plays an important role in degenerative
17 diseases such as heart disease and some cancers. Day 16,
18 page 66, line 4, was when he gave his definition of
19 nutritious being contains nutrients. And at line 13 was
20 where he agreed that he could not think of a food which by
21 his definition would not be described as nutritious, or
22 where he said that he could not think of a food.
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24 Day 21, page 6, line 8, was if we are to make substantial
25 improvements in public health by reducing the death rate
26 from cardiovascular diseases it would be advisable to
27 reduce the amount of saturated fat in the diet and to also
28 reduce the total amount of calories they consume and to
29 reduce total fat.
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31 On day 21, page 29, line 30, he agreed that there was no
32 dispute that many of McDonald's products are relatively
33 high in fat and saturated fat and that it was impossible to
34 reach the recommendations for sodium with commonly
35 available processed foods and that that applied to
36 McDonald's foods as well. This is all Professor Wheelock.
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38 On day 21, page 30, line 23 he said that there was no
39 question that some meal combinations that a person would
40 have in McDonald's, if you work out the proportions of fat,
41 saturated fat and salt, they would come above the
42 recommendations for the total diet in terms of
43 concentration.
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45 And on page 31, line 18, he agreed that a typical meal of
46 cheeseburger, fries and milkshake was going to be high in
47 fat, saturated fat and salt and sodium. He said he did not
48 think there would be any question or argument about that.
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50 On day 21, page 46, line 12, was the quote about that there
51 was a considerable amount of evidence to suggest that many
52 of the diseases which are more common in the western
53 affluent world, such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease,
54 some forms of cancer, and so on, were related to diet and
55 that the typical western diet was low in fibre, high in
56 fat, et cetera.
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58 On page 47 he went on to say that the dietary factors that
59 were being considered in relation to breast and bowel
60 cancer were the total amount of fat, the total amount of
