§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the estimate of the number of lives that would be saved and the number of people who would avoid disablement resulting from heart disease through eating fats and foods known to cause and aggravate heart condition if the production and sale of such foods were made illegal.
§ Mr. MoyleThe effect of diet on mortality and disability resulting from heart disease is an exremely complex matter on which professional opinions vary. Furthermore, diet is only one of a number of possible risk factors cited as predisposing to the development of heart disease. Accordingly, no estimates of the kind referred to are possible.