Terms for Using Balanced Years

1. Acceptance of these terms

By using Balanced Years, you agree to use the website in accordance with this User Agreement and applicable law. If you do not agree with these terms, you should stop using the website.

2. Purpose of the website

Balanced Years is an editorial and informational publication focused on everyday wellbeing, movement, fitness, nutrition, sleep, recovery and related lifestyle topics for adults. The website does not provide personalised medical diagnosis, treatment or emergency services.

3. Permitted use

You may browse, read and share links to publicly available pages for lawful personal and informational purposes. You must not use the website in a way that interferes with its operation, attempts unauthorised access, introduces malicious code, overwhelms infrastructure or infringes the rights of other people.

4. Editorial content and updates

Articles may be edited, corrected, expanded, replaced or removed as the publication develops. Publication dates, source links and descriptions may also be updated. We are not required to preserve an earlier version of a page indefinitely.

5. Accuracy and completeness

We aim to publish useful material, but no website can guarantee that every page is complete, current, error-free or suitable for every reader. Information may become outdated, and broad guidance may not apply to a person with specific medical conditions, medicines, injuries or other individual circumstances.

6. Health and wellbeing information

Health-related material is subject to our separate Disclaimer. You should not use an article as a substitute for individual professional assessment when you have symptoms, a diagnosed condition, medication questions or another matter requiring personalised advice.

7. External links

Balanced Years may link to third-party websites for additional context, public guidance or references. A link does not mean that we control or continuously review the external service. We are not responsible for its availability, security, content, products, privacy practices or later changes.

8. Intellectual property

Unless otherwise stated, original text, design elements, branding, page structure and other material created for Balanced Years are protected by applicable intellectual-property rules. You may quote short extracts with appropriate attribution where permitted by law, but substantial reproduction, republication or commercial reuse may require permission.

9. Images and third-party material

Some photographs and other materials may be used under licences or terms provided by third-party sources. Rights in those materials remain with their respective owners where applicable. You should not assume that third-party assets can be extracted from this website and reused independently.

10. Availability of the website

We may suspend, restrict or change access to all or part of the website for maintenance, security, technical problems or operational reasons. Continuous and uninterrupted availability is not guaranteed.

11. Limitation of responsibility

To the extent permitted by applicable law, Balanced Years is not responsible for losses arising solely from reliance on general information where individual professional advice was reasonably required, or from problems caused by third-party websites, internet failures, unauthorised misuse or circumstances outside reasonable control. Nothing in these terms excludes responsibility that cannot lawfully be excluded.

12. Prohibited automated use

You must not use automated systems to scrape, copy, probe or overload the website in a manner that interferes with normal access, bypasses technical restrictions or reproduces substantial protected content without permission.

13. Privacy

Use of personal information associated with the website is described in our Privacy Policy. Browser storage and cookies are described in the Cookie Policy.

14. Changes to this agreement

We may revise these terms as the website, its functionality or applicable requirements change. The version published on this page applies from the time it is posted. Continued use after an update means you are using the website under the revised terms.

15. Contact

Questions about these terms can be sent to [email protected].