Updated health-information reading guides
Updated 14 October 2026 with practical source and documentation checks. These guides provide information-literacy methods, not personal medical advice or a claim of clinical review.
How to trace a health claim beyond the website quoting it
For a copied headline, use a small record with separate entries for the forwarding page, the original document and the relevant passage.
What an expert-review label should let a reader verify
Build two columns: what the article says about review, and what you could actually verify.
Publication, review and access dates mean different things on a health page
When revisiting the same URL, record the passage that matters to your question and whether it is unchanged, substantively changed or no longer available.
A health website’s owner, funding and purpose belong in separate fields
A practical ownership note has four rows: named publisher, disclosed funder, stated purpose and source of each observation.
Before entering health details into a website form, check the stated data use
Review a blank form without supplying a medical history.
News or advertising? Read the disclosure before the health headline
Separate the page disclosure, the claimed investigation and the route to a purchase.
A health app description needs a version record, not just a star rating
For each app description, create a row containing the exact developer name, store or platform, version displayed, date read and feature being discussed.
How to preserve context when checking a forwarded health post
Use a plain record with the post URL, date displayed, account as named, precise claim and linked reference.
An animal study in a human-health headline: keep the research population visible
Write the studied population and the measured outcome as two separate entries.
When health studies seem to disagree, compare their questions before choosing a winner
For two reports, make parallel rows for the question, population, comparison, outcome definition, time period and source available.
Browse health topics
Choose a topic to see the resources available in that section. Start with the Health Education hub for an overview.
Family Health
Organize health questions and resources for different stages of family life.
Nutrition
Find the nutrition section and distinguish general education from individual dietary advice.
Wellness
Explore wellness topics without treating broad lifestyle claims as personal treatment.
Preventive Care
Prepare questions about prevention for a qualified healthcare professional.
Healthy Lifestyle
Browse everyday lifestyle themes and note the scope of each guide.
Health Guides
Find published guides with their actual dates and supporting sources.
Latest educational guides
Read each guide for its purpose, date, sources and limitations. Published educational articles will appear below; this collection does not provide individual medical care.
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Before sharing an activity target, preserve the source date and exact unit
An activity number is incomplete without its unit, audience and source.
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A shared family activity idea should keep each person’s preferences and needs separate
WHO describes many movement contexts and ways to be active.
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An activity-tracker record needs the metric name and device context
NCCIH includes mobile health apps in its information-literacy programme.
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Population-level activity benefits are not a guaranteed result for one person
CDC’s benefits page discusses immediate and longer-term health benefits of activity.
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