Day 032 - 06 Oct 94 - Page 28
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2 Q. Or was it other than for breakfast, for lunch or for the
3 main evening meal?
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5 MS. STEEL: I think the questions are on page 27. They may
6 help.
7 A. They asked the respondent: Would you say whether it
8 is for a meal or a snack? And "snack" was to be defined
9 as food eaten between a meal.
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11 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Thank you.
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13 MR. MORRIS: In fact, those figures, 6.8 and 2.5 for the once a
14 day, whether it was a snack or a meal, would mean that 9.3
15 per cent of those who ate hamburgers ----
16 A. Yes.
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18 Q. - at some time ----?
19 A. -- would eat them once a day.
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21 Q. - were eating them once a day; only 12.7 per cent never ate
22 hamburgers. So it is really 9.3 per cent of 87.3 per cent
23 that were interviewed?
24 A. Yes.
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26 MR. JUSTICE BELL: No. Is it not 9.3 per cent of those who
27 were questioned ----
28 A. About the consumption of hamburgers, yes.
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30 Q. -- about, who were asked about hamburgers, 12.7, for
31 instance, said they never had them either as a meal or a
32 snack?
33 A. Exactly.
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35 Q. But a total of 9.3 said once a day, whether it be as a
36 meal or a snack?
37 A. Correct, that is my understanding.
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39 Q. Is that what it means?
40 A. Yes.
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42 MR. MORRIS: So, really it is 9.3 per cent of the whole sample
43 that were interviewed ate hamburgers every day?
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45 MR. JUSTICE BELL: That comes to the same thing, in fact, does
46 it not?
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48 THE WITNESS: It should do.
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50 MR. JUSTICE BELL: That is right, is it not?
51 A. Yes, that is my understanding of it also.
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53 MS. STEEL: Have you finished with that table?
54 A. Yes.
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56 Q. Do you want to go on to the figures on the following page?
57 A. For page 19, I hope it is fairly clear, 36 per cent of
58 those coming out of, for example, Kentucky Fried Chicken
59 said they were eating fastfood every day; 32 per cent of
60 those coming out of McDonald's said they were eating
