Day 032 - 06 Oct 94 - Page 40


     
     1        the percentage that a meal would give of the vitamins and
     2        minerals, selected ones, but they have not indicated the
     3        amount of fat in the terms of how that meets the maximum
     4        recommended for the day.
     5
     6   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  They have also given the percentage of the
     7        average energy requirement?
     8        A.  Yes.
     9
    10   Q.   Without -----
    11        A.  That almost defines the case but it helps to look at
    12        the fat as well.  If we took that first one, in fact,
    13        which is the easiest one to take, 64.4 grammes fat is
    14        given at the top as the quantity in that meal.  Taking the
    15        recommended amounts of 35 per cent of a child's calories
    16        coming from fat, that would give approximately 78 grammes
    17        of fat for a child's maximum daily intake.  It is not
    18        clear from that table, but is, if taking a child at 2,000
    19        calories, 35 per cent of those calories would translate
    20        into 78 grammes of fat, so the child should not eat more
    21        than 78 grammes of fat in a day on average.  In this meal
    22        it is as provided 64.4.
    23
    24   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Someone told me -- I have forgotten -- was
    25        it nine kilocalories per one gramme of fat?
    26
    27   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, yes.  That is common ground.  Nine
    28        kilocalories per gramme of fat.
    29
    30   THE WITNESS:  Yes, so in their 2,000 calories for the day they
    31        would -- at 35 per cent, 700 calories from fat would be
    32        the maximum, which divided by nine is, I think, 77.77, 78
    33        grammes roughly of fat would be their recommended maximum
    34        daily intake.  Are you with me?
    35
    36   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  I am not sure I am because you would
    37        need  .....
    38        A.  Ignoring the table for the moment, taking the previous
    39        evidence.
    40
    41   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, I make it about 29 per cent of 2,000.
    42
    43   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.
    44
    45   THE WITNESS:  Yes, I would agree with that.
    46
    47   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You spell out the way you do your sum and
    48        then if Mr. Rampton has done it a different way, perhaps
    49        he could tell me?
    50        A.  OK, let me explain.  I have start at the other end and 
    51        asked:  If a child is to eat 2,000 calories, what is the 
    52        maximum amount of fat he should consume?  And the answer 
    53        would be, 35 per cent of that 2,000 calories is 700
    54        calories and that converted into fat divided by nine gives
    55        you 78 grammes of fat.  So, 78 grammes of fat would be
    56        their maximum for the day as recommended in the
    57        nutritional guidelines.
    58
    59        Now, here they are getting 64.4 grammes of fat which is
    60        over 80 per cent of their daily maximum recommended

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