How we research our guides
Where the facts in our parent guides come from, and how you can check them.
We start from published guidance
Before we write a guide, we read what the health agencies actually say. We check our claims against published guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the World Health Organization (WHO). If a claim is not backed by that kind of source, it does not go in.
Every guide shows its sources
Each guide ends with a numbered Sources section that links to the pages we relied on. You can click through and read the original for yourself. We would rather show our work than ask you to take our word for it.
We date our updates
Guidance changes, and so do our guides. When we revise one, we update the "Last updated" date at the top so you can see how current it is.
What we are, and what we are not
fruutium is built by a small team of high schoolers. We are careful about our sources, but we are students, not doctors or dietitians. Our guides are meant to help you learn and ask better questions, not to replace advice from your child's pediatrician. If your child has a medical condition, an allergy, or a specific dietary need, talk to a professional who knows their history before making a change.
Found something wrong?
If you spot a mistake in a guide, or think we have misread a source, tell us. Email fruutium@gmail.com and we will look into it and fix it if you are right.
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