People with diabetes need to eat regularly to help control their blood glucose levels. If people are on insulin or certain diabetes tablets they may well require snacks in between meals and at bedtime to prevent their blood glucose levels going too low.

We would recommend that people with diabetes select meals from the standard airline menu items. Special 'diabetic' meals are not necessary.

We would also recommend that:

• Extra bread is available at all meals for people with diabetes.
• Fresh fruit or unsweetened fruit salad is provided if people with diabetes wish to choose this instead of the standard dessert.
• Bread or fruit or biscuits are available between meals on flights of over three hours (we suggest that people with diabetes carry snacks with them in their hand luggage if required).
• Low-calorie beverages, including diet drinks, tea, coffee and water, are freely available.

This provision assumes that there is a means of identifying passengers with diabetes at the time of booking.