§ Mr. Martyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health which members of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition have participated in previous investigations into dietary salt and health conducted by(a) the Cardiovascular Review Group of the Committee on Medical Aspects and (b) other Government bodies since 1990. [23885]
§ Yvette CooperThe table shows which SACN members were also members of the Committee of Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy (COMA, 1994), the COMA Cardiovascular Review Group (1994), the COMA panel on Dietary Reference Values (1991), and associated Working Group on minerals.
No SACN members were on the MAFF Consumer Panel (January 1999) which considered salt and health. The table also shows that no SACN members were participants of the 1997 workshop on salt organised at the request of the Department of Health by the Faculty of Public Health Medicine and the British Heart Foundation.
Biographies of SACN members can be obtained from: www.sacn.gov.uk.
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SACN Member Member of SACN sub-group on salt Member of COMA (1994) Member of COMA Cardiovascular Review Group (1994) Member of COMA Panel on DRVs (1991) Member of COMA Panel on DRV Working Group on Minerals (1991) Participant at FPHM/BHF Workshop (1997) Member MAFF Consumer Panel (1999) Ms Paulette Jones — — — — — — — Dr. Timothy Key — — — — — — — Professor Peter Kopelman — — — — — — — Dr. Ann Prentice — — — — — — — Professor Andrew Rugg-Gunn — — — — — — — Dr. Anita Thomas — — — — — — — Mrs. Stella Walsh — — — — — — — Dr. Anthony Williams — — — — — — — Professor Christine Williams — — — — — — —