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     1        grown up and so she is not running up and down the stairs
              with babies under her arm.
     2
         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  The general scheme, Mr. Rampton, seems to be
     3        that each day, but not every day, has one whole McDonald's
              meal in it.
     4
         MR. RAMPTON:  Yes, in many cases, yes.
     5
         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Nearly all.
     6
         MR. RAMPTON:  Nearly all, although if one looks at Friday for
     7        the 16 year-old male, if he has McDonald's items, he is
              getting grapefruit juice, Cheerios, whatever they are?
     8        A.  I think they are breakfast cereals.
 
     9   Q.   1C what is that?
              A.  That is half a cup.
    10
         Q.   One cup.
    11        A.  Blueberries.
 
    12   Q.   Cup of 1 per cent low fat milk, some hot fudge low fat,
              frozen yoghart on a Sunday.  So it is perhaps not a very
    13        interesting day so far as McDonald's food is concerned,
              but it is much the same for the 46 year-old lady on the
    14        Friday as well.  Perhaps it is a fasting day.  What I
              would like you to do, Professor Wheelock, is to look over
    15        that, this one, you must remember, is from McDonald's own
              public Annual Report; this is what they are recommending
    16        to their shareholders at least.  Look over this and tell
              us whether you think this is a good or a bad proposal for
    17        a balanced diet.  It does mean looking at the other things
              as well.
    18        A.  Oh, yes.
 
    19   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes.  What is your answer?
              A.  First of all, they have done the calculations on the
    20        total diet and they find they conform to the US dietary
              recommendations.  Certainly I have no reason at all to
    21        doubt the accuracy of those calculations.  I think it is
               -- again I am not terribly familiar with the American
    22        diets; it is a few years since I have been there -- but it
              certainly seems to me entirely reasonable that one could
    23        put together a total diet with these several visits to
              McDonald's per week and still come up with a total diet
    24        which matches the recommendations.
 
    25   MR. RAMPTON:  One notices they are not eating the same thing on
              each occasion? 
    26        A.  No. 
  
    27   Q.   The boy has a McLean Delux which is a kind of reduced fat
              hamburger on Wednesday, but he has a BigMac, small french
    28        fries on Saturday.  He has McChicken sandwich which is a
              chicken hamburger on Monday, and so on and so forth.
    29        Really, my question was does this look sensible to you
              without knowing the precise figures?
    30        A.  Perfectly sensible, yes.
 

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