Day 253 - 21 May 96 - Page 18
1 A. Is it this dietary reference? Yes, page 94.
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3 Q. It is under 3.4.4: "Risk Factors for Stroke", the second
4 one reads:
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6 "The presence of high blood pressure is associated with a
7 6-fold increase in the risk of stroke especially, but not
8 solely, of haemorrhageick stroke."
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10 Would you agree with that?
11 A. Yes, I have said much the same in my own report.
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13 Q. Right. I do not think I have anything else.
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15 MR. MORRIS: I have one last question. It was just one thing
16 from the World Health Organisation. It was page 108 which
17 we did look at yesterday. I do not think you actually had
18 a copy at all, my Lord?
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20 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Page?
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22 MR. MORRIS: It is page 108. It was the one with the population
23 nutrients goals. Remember, you had to look at it after the
24 witness had been asked the questions?
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26 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Yes. This is the WHO Report, is it not?
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28 MR. MORRIS: Yes, it is. It is page 108 and I will photocopy it
29 after if I can.
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31 MR. JUSTICE BELL: At some stage, not of course necessarily
32 today, I must have the whole report identified in the
33 bundle somewhere or a fresh copy made for me.
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35 MR. MORRIS: Yes.
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37 MS. STEEL: Was it not behind our references in your bundle?
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39 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No, I could not find it in the orange volume,
40 not orange 4. You need not stop for it now, but I do not
41 want you to forget it altogether. If you think it is
42 important, I must make sure I know where my copy is.
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44 MR. MORRIS: Right. (To the witness): This chart which we looked
45 at yesterday. Do you remember, yes?
46 A. Yes.
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48 Q. The recommendations, these are the effective
49 recommendations of the WHO, yes?
50 A. Of the WHO Committee, yes.
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52 Q. These were adopted, were they, by the WHO, according to the
53 Executive Summary. That is the impression I got?
54 A. This is the recommendation of this publication, yes.
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56 Q. If we just note the dietary fibre section of that chart,
57 "grams per day" is in two parts: Non-starch
58 polysaturates, which recommend a lower limit of 16 and an
59 upper limit of 24 grams, and as total dietary fibre, 27
60 grams lower limit and 40 grams upper limit, yes?
