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1 altering the diets of children.
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3 Q. There have been a number of surveys and reports, is that
4 correct, over the years on the diet and the changing diet
5 of sections of the population; is that correct?
6 A. Yes, certainly on diets, and from them one can
7 conclude changes if one compares back through report after
8 report.
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10 Q. If we go now to The Diets of British Schoolchildren, which
11 is No. 1 on the list of your references, which is
12 published by the Department of Health 1989, from the
13 Sub-committee on Nutritional Surveillance of the Committee
14 on Medical Aspects of Food Policy. Is there any
15 particular part of that you would like to refer us to,
16 indicating page numbers?
17 A. Yes, the areas in which I am particularly concerned
18 were, if you like, pockets of particularly bad eating
19 habits. If I can refer you to pages 31 through to 4, 5,
20 perhaps, the chapter called Dietary Patterns, chapter 9.
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22 Q. Just hold on a minute.
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24 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You are probably going to do it,
25 Dr. Lobstein, but what would particularly help me is the
26 references as you come to these surveys which support what
27 you say in the text of your statement. For instance, now
28 we are on school children, the tendency for younger eaters
29 to be eating large quantities of fastfood, such as burgers
30 and french fries -- just to take that as an example.
31 Anyway, page 31 to start with?
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33 MR. MORRIS: I suggest we go through this and then I give
34 Mr. Rampton the book and he can photocopy any of the
35 tables he wishes to overnight because, as far as we can
36 see, this book is similar in some aspects to the Grey Book
37 we had before, Dietary Reference Values, which did not
38 include any of the background papers, but had references.
39 Presumably, we have to largely trust the accuracy of the
40 summaries here, but obviously Mr. Rampton will be able to
41 look through and check.
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43 MR. JUSTICE BELL: He wants to check and that would be normal
44 practice. I do not mean to throw you off your line,
45 Dr. Lobstein, but what I am saying is if there are
46 specific references, rather than taking the report as a
47 whole, I need the specific references you particularly
48 rely on?
49 A. Yes, it would be paragraph 2, the second and third
50 sentence.
51
52 Q. Where are we?
53 A. Paragraph 9.2, "Age and sex difference", the comment
54 on dietary intake there.
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56 MR. MORRIS: Can you read out the sections so we know which
57 ones you are referring to?
58 A. Paragraph 9.2, second sentence. "All the children
59 consumed large quantities of bread, cakes, biscuits,
60 puddings, milk, meat products, crisps, potatoes and
