Why this center exists
Finding content on any topic, from health to the night sky, is easy on the internet. Finding out how that content was produced, and to what standard, is often impossible. We want to remove that uncertainty for our own site. The Trust Center gathers our working principles, our limits and our commitments in one place, in plain language. The goal is not to look flawless; it is to make the way we work open to inspection.
Our policies
Each of the following headings opens a dedicated policy page:
- Editorial Policy — how content is planned, written and published.
- Source and Evidence Policy — which sources we rely on and which we refuse.
- Health Content Policy — the purpose and firm limits of our health content.
- Nutrition and Body-Language Policy — our commitment to language free of weight stigma and judgement.
- Exercise Safety Policy — safety principles in our movement content.
- Belief, Culture and Scientific Claims Policy — how we handle topics like astrology with both respect and evidence.
- Calculator and Tool Methodology — the formulas, assumptions and limits of our tools.
- Artificial Intelligence Use Policy — the role of AI in production and the scope of human review.
- Corrections Policy — how we acknowledge and fix mistakes.
- Freshness and Maintenance Policy — how content is kept under review over time.
- Privacy and Data Approach — our plain commitments about your data.
- Accessibility Policy — our goal of making the site usable for everyone.
- Advertising and Conflicts Policy — how we protect our independence.
The short version
All of these pages boil down to three simple principles. We are bound by evidence: however appealing a claim may be, we will not publish what the evidence cannot carry; when we are not certain, we say "approximately" and "this varies from person to person". We know our limits: we are a publication, not a doctor, dietitian or coach, and we never pretend otherwise. We respect your data: we work to be useful to you, not to profile you, and we keep the data we collect to a minimum.
A working version
This center and every policy attached to it are working versions: they are updated as we gain experience, receive feedback and grow the site. Significant changes are noted on the relevant page. If you find something missing or wrong, we would genuinely like to hear about it; the process is described in our Corrections Policy.