Day 032 - 06 Oct 94 - Page 60
1 left because it is black and white, a column headed: "Who
2 is the balance of good health for?" in bold. I would like
3 to read this out. "Who is the balance of good health
4 for? The balance of good health is based on government's
5 eight guidelines for a healthy diet: Enjoy your food; eat
6 a variety of different foods; eat the right amount to be a
7 healthy weight; eat plenty of foods rich in starch and
8 fibre; do not eat too much fat; do not eat sugary foods
9 too often; look after the vitamins and minerals in your
10 food; if you drink alcohol, keep within sensible limits".
11 This is 1994 and, presumably, has the government's stamp
12 of approval, as Mr. Morris might say, something like that;
13 is that right?
14 A. These are, indeed, the government's eight guidelines
15 for a healthy diet, yes.
16
17 Q. Then can I ask you to put that volume away -- I am sorry
18 about the inconvenience -- and to pick up volume VI
19 again? Turn, first of all, please, to tab 6 which is a
20 leaflet we looked at a moment ago for what was attributed
21 to Professor David Conning: "McDonald's Food - the Facts"
22 published in 1989. That is five years ago, five years
23 before the government's eight guidelines were reproduced
24 in the document we have just looked at.
25
26 I would like you to turn, please -- you will find, I hope,
27 it is legible, stamped by the people who made up the file,
28 at the bottom of the page a number and I would like you to
29 turn to page 17. You should see, I hope, Dr. Lobstein, a
30 heading: "What is a healthy diet"?
31 A. Yes.
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33 Q. If you could read it through. I would like you, if you
34 will, to read that page and the next to yourself and tell
35 me when you have finished reading those pages.
36 A. I think I have the gist of it.
37
38 Q. You see all the stuff about exercise on page 18.
39 A. I do.
40
41 Q. Now would you turn -- that is 1989 -- on while you are at
42 it, please, because I do not want to have to come back to
43 this document, to page 36 where we see "Nutritional
44 Analysis". I gather that one of your complaints about one
45 of the earlier McDonald's documents was that it did not
46 separate out saturates from total fat content. By July
47 1989, at least, if that is the date of this document, it
48 had done so, had it not?
49 A. Yes, the trouble being that I think it was very hard
50 to get hold of this document.
51
52 Q. That may or may not be, Dr. Lobstein, have you made an
53 attempt to get hold of this document?
54 A. I did at the time of writing the book.
55
56 Q. When did you write the book?
57 A. 1987.
58
59 Q. This document is dated 1989, so it is no miracle you could
60 not get hold of it in 1987?
