Day 266 - 20 Jun 96 - Page 05
1 A. The percentages, to work out the percentage of calories
2 in fat, as I am sure you are aware, you have to multiply by
3 9.
4
5 Q. Yes, I understand that, and you have just done that maths?
6 A. Yes. Exactly, yes
7
8 MS. STEEL: All the figures in the brackets after the fat
9 grammes are your figures are they?
10 A. Those are the figures that I calculated at the time,
11 yes.
12
13 Q. And meal combination 2 is on the same page. That would be
14 the other one that you looked at?
15 A. Yes.
16
17 Q. It actually says 706 calories but all the other details are
18 the same. If you leave this document open but if we go
19 back to the statement. Reading on: "The United Kingdom
20 Government recommends a diet containing a maximum of 35 per
21 cent of energy as fat which is much lower than a typical
22 McDonald's meal of 45 per cent fat. (Some McDonald's meals
23 contain 47 per cent fat - for example meal combination
24 5."
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26 Is that a calculation you made yourself?
27 A. Whilst I was doing calculations I picked on the first
28 two, so they are in no particular order and I just thought
29 I would check to make sure that the figures were roundabout
30 correct they had done and that was another one they did at
31 the time, yes.
32
33 Q. Right. "The United Kingdom Government fat recommendations
34 are moderate compared to other international reports, such
35 as the World Health Organisation which recommends 15-35 per
36 cent energy as fat."
37
38 If I just hand up, she has actually got -- I do not
39 know whether it is a more recent or older version, but it
40 has got exactly the same information on the particular page
41 I am referring to. If you just refer us to where you got
42 those.
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44 MR. MORRIS: It is the WHO pamphlet, page 116. We have looked
45 at it a number of times. (Handed)
46 A. Page 116. Yes.
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48 MS. STEEL: Is that where you got the figures from?
49 A. Yes. That is where I got the figures from, yes.
50
51 Q. Right. The recommendations of 35 per cent by the United
52 Kingdom Government and 15-30 per cent recommended by the
53 World Health Organisation, do you have any view on those
54 targets?
55 A. Yes. The United Kingdom Government target 35 per cent
56 is really an arbitrary figure picked out because the
57 Government decided that they might be able to achieve that
58 in the current way things are now. The actual target that
59 would benefit peoples' health would be nearer the 15-30 per
60 cent that is recommended by the World Health Organisation.
