Day 252 - 20 May 96 - Page 50


     
     1        and middle class population.  This change in diet can now
     2        be linked to the increasing incidents of chronic diseases
     3        and of premature death."
     4
     5        It then goes on about how they should be preventable by
     6        change in diet and other aspects of lifestyle.
     7
     8        Then over the page, the second paragraph:
     9
    10        "A rational public health policy should seek to influence
    11        the national diet and direction of the population nutrient
    12        goals elaborated in section 5."
    13
    14        Before we go on to that, do you agree with I have read out
    15        before?
    16        A.  Yes.
    17
    18   Q.   Then it goes on about nutrient goals:
    19
    20        "These nutrient goals are population averages (see table
    21        13, page 108)" -- which I will come to in a minute and you
    22        can see it in front of you -- "They specify for each
    23        nutrient the range within which the average....  intake
    24        should lie.  Changing the national diet to achieve these
    25        goals and maintaining patterns of nutrient intake within
    26        these recommended changes will yield maximum health
    27        benefits."
    28
    29        Then it says:
    30
    31        "Nutrient goals indicate that the health needs of the
    32        population are best met by high carbohydrates, low fat
    33        diets rich in starchy foods, eg cereals and pulses and
    34        including a substantial intake of vegetables and fruit.
    35        Only small quantities are essential fats are required."
    36
    37        Then it goes to the charts on page 1.  Bearing in mind you
    38        have not looked at the charts yet, but do you accept the
    39        context that I read out just now?
    40        A.   Yes, the principle in general, but I would like "low
    41        fat" and "low or high carbohydrate" to be defined but we
    42        will probably come to that.
    43
    44   Q.   Yes.  If you can turn to page 108, and maybe we can show
    45        the Judge this page when we ask the question because it is
    46        a chart and I do not want to read out the entire chart.  We
    47        see a chart, do we not, at the top of the page: "Population
    48        nutrient goals."  Do you have that?
    49        A.   Yes.
    50 
    51   Q.   And we see here:  "Limits for population average intakes" 
    52        with lower and upper columns? 
    53        A.  Yes.
    54
    55   Q.   In other words, lower limits and upper limits, and these
    56        are recommendations of this report and we know notice that
    57        total fat as per cent of total energy, lower recommendation
    58        is 15 percent, and upper recommendation is 30 per cent; is
    59        that correct?
    60        A.   Yes.

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