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     1        provision of it as a satisfactory or an inadequate
              performance of discharge of a food company's
     2        responsibility in this field?
              A.  It would certainly be adequate to provide that, and
     3        I am not sufficiently familiar with the scene in the
              United States at that time to be able to comment further.
     4
         Q.   I am not trying to look at it from a legalistic point of
     5        view.  I am trying to look at it from the point of view of
              somebody who is concerned about the health of the nation,
     6        which is you?
              A.  Well, this kind of information would be most helpful
     7        to any consumer who was concerned about it.
 
     8   Q.   One can see another one.  I do not ask you to look at it.
              Again, using a different range of products, or somewhat
     9        different range of products, I think, in the advertisement
              about cholesterol.  I will not ask you to look at that for
    10        a moment.  Would you put away that pink file, please,
              Professor Wheelock now?  When you give advice in your
         position as a specialist in nutrition, Professor, I take
              it that most of what you base yourself on is the product
    12        of research by others?
              A.  That is right.
    13
         Q.   Do those pieces of research consist of different kinds of
    14        study?
              A.  Yes.
    15
         Q.   Are there epidemiological studies?
    16        A.  Yes, there are.
 
    17   Q.   Are there experimental studies?
              A.  Yes.
    18
         Q.   And clinical studies of human beings?
    19        A.  Yes, there would be.
 
    20   Q.   Is that, broadly, the three main categories of work?
              A.  Yes, indeed.
    21
         Q.   We know that, or I expect you can confirm, the
    22        epidemiological studies break down in different ways, some
              of them are observations of differences between incidence
    23        of disease in different nations or in different
              populations, some are what I believe are called cohort
    24        studies -- sorry, this is annoying for you.  Can you say
              "yes" and not nod, otherwise I make a speech if you do
    25        not give an answer?
              A.  Yes. 
    26 
         Q.   Some are called cohort studies? 
    27        A.  Yes.
 
    28   Q.   Where you take a given group of people and follow them
              over a period of years?
    29        A.  Yes, that is right.
 
    30   Q.   Some are what are called controlled studies?
              A.  Case controlled studies.