Day 022 - 12 Sep 94 - Page 20

     
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     2   Q.   He says that diet is a key factor in the development of
     3        those diseases.  So he is probably referring to diet
     4        related cancers?
     5        A.  I cannot answer that.
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     7   Q.   If we turn over the page -- sorry, on page 4 (it might be
     8        page 5), it is half the size, it has -- sorry, I am on the
     9        wrong page.  We are on page 6,7; half size 6,7.  Is that
    10        correct?  At the top of the third -- the bottom of the
    11        second column, top of the third column, includes also a
    12        reference to the World Health Organisation and their Diet,
    13        Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases.
    14        Mr. Wheelock, or Professor Wheelock, concludes that
    15        (I quote at the top of the third section, third column):
    16        "The [World Health Organisation] concluded that there is
    17        a close and consistent relationship between the type of
    18        diet now common in most of the developed industrialized
    19        countries - characterized by an excess of energy-dense
    20        foods rich in fat and free sugar but low in dietary fibre
          - and the emergence of a range of chronic non-infectious
    22        diseases.  These include diseases of the heart and
    23        arteries, various cancers, diabetes mellitus, gallstones,
    24        dental caries, gastrointestinal disorders, and various
    25        bone and joint diseases."
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    27        Just referring to the cancers, Professor Wheelock has
    28        concluded that the World Health Organisation has concluded
    29        there is a closer consistent relationship between a diet
    30        of X and various diseases, including cancer.  Now, is
    31        Mr. Wheelock wrong to conclude that is what ---?
    32        A.  No.  He is quoting the article.  That is all he is
    33        quoting.
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    35   Q.   Right.  So, all I am saying is, if the World Health
    36        Organisation, which is a highly well respected body,
    37        produces a report and expert nutritionists conclude
    38        something that is pretty strong like that -- do you see
    39        what I am saying?
    40        A.  Yes.  But I am trying to say also that what -- you
         see, the purpose of the World Health Organisation article
    42        was to provide recommendations that would help to prevent
    43        chronic diseases that were related to the newly emerging
    44        dietary changes in developing countries and to help in
    45        reducing the impact of these diseases in developed
    46        countries.  In other words, they are trying to give
    47        general advice to people who have no medical knowledge,
    48        just to be sensible in their diets.
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    50   Q.   Yes. 
    51        A.  Because there is some evidence that dietary factors 
    52        may be related to certain illnesses, such as 
    53        cardiovascular disease and possibly cancer.
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    55   Q.   Yes.  He has concluded that they are saying there is a
    56        close and consistent relationship, not "may be", that
    57        there is.
    58        A.  In fact, we have actually already pointed that out.
    59        If you look at the distribution of cancers around the
    60        world and their apparent fat consumption as looked at food