The social context. The significance of other people to both yourself and your client is an important source of information for your ethical decision making. Everyone is motivated by the attitudes and opinions of others, especially those who are important in one’s life. How do the opinions and attitudes of others affect this client’s goals? [...]

The glycaemic index concept (the G.I. factor) was first developed in 1981 by Dr David Jenkins, a professor of nutrition at the University of Toronto, Canada, to help determine which foods were best for people with diabetes. At that time, the diet for people with diabetes was based on a system of carbohydrate exchanges or [...]