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About, and not medical advice

What Forma is and is not.

Forma logs your training and your eating, and works out your targets, sessions and rest days from the numbers you enter or connect. This page says what Forma is, what it is not, and where to find the version, legal pages and credits.

When to use it

  • You want to know what the numbers in Forma are, and how far you can trust them.
  • You have a health condition and want to know whether Forma is right for you.
  • You are looking for the app's version number, its Privacy Policy or Terms of Use, or a way to contact support.
  • You want to know where the food data and pictures in the app come from.

What Forma is

Forma gives information and suggestions, not medical advice. Your calorie and protein targets, the training sessions it plans, its recovery notes and the Fitness score are all estimates. They are calculated from the numbers you enter or connect and general fitness rules, so they can be wrong for you: the calculation is only as good as its inputs.

Forma is not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition.

The supplements list records what you take and what it adds. Forma never tells you what to take or how much. The injury planner only avoids and swaps lifts; it does not judge how an injury should be treated. For supplements, ask a doctor or pharmacist. For an injury, follow your physio or doctor.

Talk to a professional first

Talk to a doctor or another qualified professional before you change how you eat or train, especially if any of these apply to you:

  • You are pregnant or breastfeeding.
  • You are under 18.
  • You are injured or recovering from one.
  • You take medication.
  • You have a medical condition or an eating disorder.

If something hurts or feels wrong while you train, stop. In an emergency, call your local emergency number.

At the bottom of Settings, About & help shows the app's version and links to:

  • Privacy Policy — what data stays on your phone, what goes to your iCloud, and what leaves it.
  • Terms of Use — the agreement between you and Forma.
  • Contact support — where to ask a question or report a problem.

The same screen lists Not medical advice, which repeats the summary above.

Where the data in Forma comes from

  • Food data comes from USDA FoodData Central, bundled in the app, and from Open Food Facts, looked up when you scan a barcode or search for a food. It may contain errors. Check the label when a package has one.
  • Acknowledgements (in Settings) lists where the food data, the exercise pictures and other material in Forma come from.

Good to know

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