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1 yourself when you are eating, moderating all kind of food
2 intake; not too much of any one thing.
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4 Q. The McDonald's Corporation has used the words "healthy" and
5 "nutritious" to describe its food; is that correct?
6 A. Yes, in terms of, I believe, that the food we provide
7 provides nutrients and that it can be part of a healthy
8 diet.
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10 Q. Yes. We do not need to go through all the documents, but
11 if court has been shown a document which says: "Every time
12 you go to McDonald's, you are eating good, nutritious
13 food", if you use the word "nutritious" in your advertising
14 or promotions to describe McDonald's food, what would you
15 mean?
16 A. From my perspective, that it could fit into a well
17 balanced, nutritious diet.
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19 MR. MORRIS: Yes. But anything can fit into a well balanced,
20 nutritious diet, can it not?
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22 MR. JUSTICE BELL: He gave quite a clear definition which,
23 I have to say, I thought was rather more realistic than
24 Professor Wheelock's earlier on in his evidence. But I do
25 not think I actually put that into my notebook, as opposed
26 to highlighting it. It was something related to containing
27 food that was good for you, something along those lines.
28 I think that, probably as a result of having Case View,
29 none of us have actually got it in a notebook.
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31 MR. RAMPTON: I have hardly got a notebook, for that reason. If
32 your Lordship can tell me which day it was? My Lord, on
33 day 43----
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35 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Could you give me the date?
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37 MR. RAMPTON: 1st November, page 64, line 53 -- this may be what
38 your Lordship is referring to -- your Lordship said:
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40 "I think we should know what Mr. Green means by
41 'nutritious' in the light of previous evidence we have
42 had" -- which might have been a reference to Professor
43 Wheelock, amongst others -- "Mr. Green, from my
44 perspective, from a layman's perspective, it provides
45 nourishment, it provides nutrients and can be part of a
46 healthy balanced diet."
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48 I do not know whether that is what your Lordship was
49 thinking of?
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51 MR. JUSTICE BELL: It is.
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53 MR. MORRIS: (To the witness) So, for example, a Coke could not
54 be described as nutritious, could it?
55 A. Well, providing water, and I think that is part of a
56 balanced diet; but if it has no nutrients, or if it has no
57 vitamins and so forth, then it probably is irrelevant.
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59 Q. It has sugar. That is a nutrient, is it not?
60 A. Yes.
