Day 032 - 06 Oct 94 - Page 68
1 I am correct in thinking they mean first the medium and
2 then the mean, they are saying that medium which is the
3 50th if you were to put them in ranking order, would have
4 eaten 0 burger, but that the mean is 160 grammes because
5 what you are finding is that half of children are not
6 eating them at all, maybe just over half; whereas those
7 that do eat them are eating quite a lot of them.
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9 Q. But nothing like as much as they are of chips?
10 A. That is not surprising, is it?
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12 Q. Not the least bit, which is why I wondered how it was that
13 burgers got pride of place in your statement?
14 A. Because for those that are eating 116 grammes of
15 burger meat is quite a lot of burger meat. Four ounces a
16 week is quite a lot. A pattie is generally around two
17 ounces, I believe, so that is two burgers a week.
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19 Q. Four ounces of burger meat a week would give you something
20 like 4 per cent of your saturated fat content for the
21 week, would it not?
22 A. If you say so. I have no ability at this point to
23 check those figures.
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25 Q. If I eat a McDonald's meal a week, I must balance that
26 with my diet not for that day but for the rest of the
27 week, must I not?
28 A. This is where the problem of balance comes in. One
29 does not recommend balance; one recommends a healthy
30 diet. If you insist on eating unhealthy foods, then I
31 would encourage you to try and eat healthier foods as
32 often as possible.
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34 Q. Unhealthy food, as I think you said earlier, if McDonald's
35 put cyanide or strickening in their buns, they would be
36 dangerous, would they not?
37 A. I would agree with that.
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39 Q. If they were genotoxic they would be dangerous?
40 A. If they were toxic in any way I would suggest that by
41 definition they would be hazardous.
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43 Q. As one meal would be dangerous?
44 A. Of anything toxic?
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46 Q. What is the difference between hazardous and unhealthy?
47 A. I am using the word "hazardous" or "unhealthy" perhaps
48 in the sense of increasing the risk of the dietary
49 disease.
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51 Q. Only if you eat it consistently?
52 A. If you eat it sufficiently perhaps. The trouble is
53 that the risk obviously is different for different persons
54 and different for different diets given genetic and other
55 factors, but when increases one's risk by consuming these
56 types of nutrients.
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58 Q. People have almost infinitely varied lifestyles?
59 A. Yes, of course.
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