Day 266 - 20 Jun 96 - Page 57


     
     1        preserved foods is consistent with a low risk of many of
     2        the current major cancers, including cancer of the colon,
     3        prostate, breast, stomach, lung and oesophagus."  Would you
     4        generally agree with that kind of conclusion?
     5        A.   Yes.  In terms of looking at the results there and
     6        interpreting it so that the public would understand it, I
     7        think that explains it quite well in terms of, you know,
     8        how an average person would interpret the results, yes.
     9
    10   MS. STEEL:  So is that consistent with the advice that your
    11        department and so on would give out to the public?
    12        A.   As part of health promotion we would recommend a low
    13        fat diet in order to protect from certain cancers, and
    14        those cancers would be the ones whether there is a clear
    15        link between diet and cancer and you can see those ones
    16        with the stars there.  Breast, colon, prostate and rectum.
    17        You can see the stars.  Those are the ones where a decrease
    18        in fat is clear clearly related to the incidence of
    19        disease.  So for those particular cancers, yes.
    20
    21   MR. MORRIS:  Right.  The last question.  Mr. Rampton is talking
    22        about the possibility of eating a meal once a week at
    23        McDonald's and you said you had concerns even about that.
    24        Would you have any -- what would be your concern if,
    25        according to the figures that we have been given, something
    26        like 23 per cent of all the meals sold by McDonald's in the
    27        USA are going to people that are eating there four or more
    28        times a week?  What would you comment about that?
    29        Something like a quarter of all their custom is to people
    30        who are eating there four or more times a weak?
    31        A.   I would be very, very worried about the health of
    32        those people in the long term.
    33
    34   Q.   Thank you very much.
    35
    36   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, thank you.  Thank you Mrs. Brophy.
    37        Leave everything there, except if it is yours.
    38
    39   MS. STEEL:  If you could bring the green leaflet down.  That is
    40        mine.
    41        A.  I think these are your copies as well.
    42
    43   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Take those out of the witness box?
    44        A.   Thank you.  (The witness withdrew).
    45
    46   MS. STEEL:  I have just remembered.  We have got something
    47        really important to raise about next week and I have
    48        completely forgotten about it.
    49
    50   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  About next week?
    51
    52   MS. STEEL:  About next week.  It is just that we have been given 
    53        a date for the Appeal next week and it is on Thursday.
    54
    55   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Right.  Have you got leave to Appeal?
    56
    57   MS. STEEL:  Well, it is going to be heard together.  The leave
    58        application is going to be followed--
    59
    60   MR. RAMPTON:  My Lord, can I--

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