Sources

Habit Cake is evidence-aware, not evidence-inflated. Public claims should be no stronger than the sources support, and editorial hypotheses must remain labeled as hypotheses.

Source standards

  • Prefer current primary, public-health, governmental, academic, or institutional sources when they fit the question.
  • Link material public wording to the source actually reviewed.
  • State important limitations, population differences, uncertainty, and contrary evidence when they affect meaning.
  • Distinguish general information from an individualized recommendation.
  • Refresh sources before publication when guidance may have changed.

Habit Cake does not treat a source link as proof that every reader should use a practice or that a specific outcome will follow.

If a material source or claim changes, the affected content may be corrected, replaced, or retired under the Corrections process.