Editorial Standards

These are the rules Meetis Editorial works to. They apply to every guide on the site.

Choosing topics

We cover everyday health: sleep and rest, movement, food, daily wellbeing and health literacy. We choose topics where reliable public guidance exists and where a clear explanation can help a reader do something practical — organise information, try a small change, or prepare for an appointment.

We do not publish individual diagnoses, advice on choosing or dosing medicines, instructions to stop or change treatment, therapeutic diets for specific conditions, rapid weight-loss programmes, supplement “treatments” or risky home procedures.

Sources

• We prefer primary guidance from the World Health Organization, national health services and public health agencies (for example the NHS, the US National Institutes of Health and MedlinePlus, the CDC), professional bodies, and good-quality systematic reviews where they are needed.
• We link to the specific page or document that supports a statement, not to an organisation’s home page.
• Every source listed under a guide was opened and read during preparation. Before publication, each guide is checked again against its sources and its links are tested.
• We do not invent studies, statistics, quotations, experts or patients, and we do not copy large passages from other publishers.

How we describe evidence

We try to make clear whether something is established guidance, an early finding, an observed association or a demonstrated cause. We avoid drawing firm conclusions from single small studies. Where official recommendations differ between countries, or apply only to some groups of people, we say so rather than giving everyone the same number.

Tone

Calm, respectful and specific. We do not use fear of illness to hold attention, we do not shame people about weight, appearance, age or fitness, and we do not promise results.

Authorship and review

Guides carry the byline Meetis Editorial. They are prepared with AI assistance, as described in our AI & Content Policy. They are not medically reviewed. We will only use labels such as “medically reviewed” if a named, qualified professional has actually reviewed the piece, and we will then say who and when.

Dates

“Published” is the date a guide first appeared. “Updated” appears only when the facts or advice in a guide have changed in substance, with a note of what changed. We do not change dates to make content look newer.

Images

We use licensed photographs of everyday life and record the source, author and licence for each one. People shown in photographs are models or members of the public in stock images; they are not Meetis staff, clinicians or patients, and are not connected to the subject of the guide. We do not publish “before and after” images.

Independence and advertising

Advertisers have no say over what we cover or how. Paid content is labelled and visually separate from editorial content. See the Advertising Policy.

Corrections

If we get something wrong, we correct it and say so. See Sources & Corrections.