Day 253 - 21 May 96 - Page 29


     
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     2   Q.   Average for 1979, 88, and these are expressed in grams per
     3        person today for the most part, though cheese and milk are
     4        expressed as calories per person today.
     5
     6        Can we look, first of all, at eggs, in which we see that
     7        France and Germany both exceed the United Kingdom
     8        consumption in grams per person per day; do you see that?
     9        A.  Yes.
    10
    11   Q.   If we look at cheese:  France and Germany are next only to
    12        Greece with France pushing Greece very high, whereas the
    13        United Kingdom is only just over 50 calories per person per
    14        day; do you see that?
    15        A.  Yes.
    16
    17   Q.   Milk:  We exceed the Germans but under sugar, French; do
    18        you see that?
    19        A.  Yes.
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    21   Q.   That excludes the butter.  Where butter is concerned, we
    22        eat, apparently, about 12, 13, or 14 grams per person per
    23        day or did in those days; do you see that?
    24        A.  Yes.
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    26   Q.   Whereas the Germans touch 20 grams per person today and the
    27        French exceed 20 grams per person per day?
    28        A.  Yes.
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    30   Q.   Are those differences between the daily per capita
    31        consumptions of these substances significant or not?
    32        A.  They are certainly significant.
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    34   Q.   Then on the left-hand side, table 2.43 has two columns, the
    35        right-hand column, one up from the bottom, we find the
    36        total meat included poultry; do you see that?
    37        A.  Yes.
    38
    39   Q.   Again this is grams per person per day.  We are at about
    40        200 grams per person per day.  The French are at, or just
    41        above, 300 and the Germans just under 300; do you see that?
    42        A.  Yes.
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    44   Q.   Are those significant differences from a dietary point of
    45        view in the consumption of meat?
    46        A.  Yes, it does indicate a difference in diet composition.
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    48   Q.   Then the only other one I need you to look at, please,
    49        there are two perhaps:  Cereals, which is the first one on
    50        the left-hand side, we exceed both the French by not very 
    51        much, and the Germans by a bit; do you see that? 
    52        A.  Yes. 
    53
    54   Q.   However, when you look at vegetables and fruit, we are just
    55        under 400 grams per person per day, the French are about
    56        500 and so are the Germans; is that right?
    57        A.  Yes.
    58
    59   Q.   Are those, from a dietary point of view, significant
    60        differences or not?

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