Day 014 - 20 Jul 94 - Page 11

     
     1   Q.   I want to ask you to look at just one or two parts of this
              document.  I would like you to look at just one or two
     2        parts of this document.  I would like you to look at what
              would be your fifth page, please?
     3        A.  Is that "More about your balanced diet"?
 
     4   Q.   It is just called "Balance".  It has a picture of a
              hamburger surmounted by a packet of milk.  Do you have
     5        that?  We see "Balance" on the front?
              A.  Yes.
     6
         Q.   I do not know whether I have the pages right.  It is 102
     7        in our files.  I am not going to read it out.  We read it
              yesterday.  Can you just read it to yourself, please?
     8        A.  Yes.
 
     9   Q.   OK.  To you, as a specialist in nutrition, does the
              statement of principle which appears there express
    10        something important?
              A.  Well, I think, in particular, the phrase "no one food
         provides all the necessary nutrients" is quite important,
              fundamentally.
    12
         Q.   What about the fourth paragraph:  "And make sure your
    13        McDonald's meal balances with other meals you eat".  Is
              that important?
    14        A.  Of course it is, yes.
 
    15   Q.   Can you turn on then, please, turn over the page, one sees
              a good deal more about balance, but I will not ask you
    16        about that.  Then passed a picture of a milk bottle with a
              potato on top of it.  Do you have that?
    17        A.  Yes.
 
    18   Q.   Then pass the page after that until you come to an
              illustration of a hand carrying some salt?
    19        A.  Yes.
 
    20   Q.   "Less than a pinch".  Turn over that page.  Again, I am
              not going to read it out.  I would like you to read the
         first column on that page?
              A.  This is "More about salt"?
    22
         Q.   Yes, "More about salt", including the table.
    23        A.  OK.
 
    24   Q.   Have you read that?
              A.  Yes.
    25
         Q.   First of all, a general question.  From your point of view 
    26        in this country, does this document, published in America 
              in 1987, seem to provide satisfactory information or not 
    27        about salt?
              A.  Well, I think I should explain that there is, at least
    28        there has been, a difference in emphasis between the UK
              and the US about the importance of reducing salt in the
    29        diet.
 
    30   Q.   Which way does the difference go?
              A.  There has been greater emphasis in the United States