For parents and guardians
Last updated 18 October 2026. This explains, for the parent or guardian of someone aged 13 to 17, what Cut Buddy collects from them and what it does with it. The full privacy policy applies too.
In short
- Cut Buddy plans and tracks meals. It never plans dehydration, fasting, sweating down or any other way of making weight, and it won't plan an unsafe rate of weight loss.
- Your teenager answers a few yes/no health questions first. Those answers make the app more careful: some mean it shows no calorie or weight numbers at all.
- Nothing is shared with a coach unless your teenager joins a team, chooses what to share, and you approve by a link we send you directly. Your teenager never sees or sends that link.
- We never sell their data, never use it for advertising, and never show it to other users.
What we collect from your teenager
Age, sex, height, weight, goals, diet and allergies, training schedule, the food, water and weigh-ins they log, yes/no health answers, and their conversations with Buddy, the app's assistant. Conversations are deleted after 90 days. Children under 13 can't sign up.
What a coach can see
Only if your teenager joins a team and you approve: their weight trend as a 7-day average against their class, how closely they follow their meal plan, and a warning if they're losing weight too fast or not eating enough, each only if your teenager leaves it on. Never their health answers, their conversations with Buddy, or a daily weight. They can turn any of it off, or leave the team, at any time.
The AI
Buddy's replies are written by an AI model from Anthropic. Before anything is sent to it, we remove your teenager's name, email, phone number and the names of any medications. Anthropic doesn't use it to train its models. Every number Buddy gives comes from the app's own calculations, not the AI.
Your choices
- Look at the app together: Settings → What Buddy knows about me shows what Buddy remembers, and Settings → Export my data gives a full copy.
- Delete the account and everything in it: Settings → Delete my account and data.
- Withdraw your approval for team sharing, or ask us anything: write to privacy email to come. We answer within 45 days.
Cut Buddy gives general nutrition information, not medical advice. If you're worried about your teenager's eating or weight, talk to their doctor, athletic trainer or a registered dietitian. In the US:
- Crisis or self-harm: the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, call or text 988, 24/7.
- Eating disorder support: the National Alliance for Eating Disorders helpline, (866) 662-1235, weekdays 9 AM–7 PM ET.
- Text support anytime: the Crisis Text Line, text HOME to 741741.