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Cookie Policy

Last updated: 15 June 2025

This Cookie Policy explains how Healthyweightfoodsguide, published at healthyweightfoodsguide.info and based at Avenue Victor Hugo 96, Lille, uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you read our editorial content.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, tablet or smartphone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, to remember your preferences, and to provide basic analytical information to publishers and editors.

Cookies do not directly identify you as an individual. They collect information about your browsing behaviour on our editorial platform so that we can improve the reading experience and understand which topics resonate most with our audience.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

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Essential Cookies

Strictly necessary for the website to function. They enable core features such as page navigation, security and access to protected areas. These cookies cannot be disabled without affecting site functionality.

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Performance & Analytics Cookies

Help our editorial team understand how readers interact with articles — which pages are most visited, how long readers spend on each piece, and where they come from. All data is aggregated and anonymous.

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Functionality Cookies

Allow the website to remember choices you make (such as language preference or text size) to provide a more personalised reading experience across visits.

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Third-Party Cookies

Set by external services embedded in our pages (e.g. social sharing buttons, embedded media). These providers have their own privacy and cookie policies, which we encourage you to review independently.

3. How We Use Cookies

As an editorial guide focused on healthy weight and nutrition topics, we use cookies solely to support our journalistic and informational mission. Specifically, we use cookies to:

Ensure our articles and guide pages load correctly and consistently for all readers.
Measure readership patterns so our editorial team can prioritise the most useful content topics.
Remember reader preferences such as display settings between sessions.
Protect the integrity of the platform against fraudulent or abusive traffic.
Enable social sharing features so readers can share articles they find helpful.

We do not use cookies to track readers for commercial advertising targeting, nor do we sell cookie data to third parties.

4. Cookie List

The following table describes the main cookies set when you visit healthyweightfoodsguide.info.

Cookie Name	Type	Purpose	Duration	Provider
_session_id	Essential	Maintains your session state as you navigate between pages.	Session	Healthyweightfoodsguide
cookie_consent	Essential	Records your cookie consent choice to avoid repeated prompts.	12 months	Healthyweightfoodsguide
_ga	Analytics	Distinguishes unique readers for aggregate traffic reporting.	24 months	Google Analytics
_gid	Analytics	Distinguishes readers across sessions for daily usage reports.	24 hours	Google Analytics
_gat	Analytics	Throttles request rate to Google Analytics to limit data collection.	1 minute	Google Analytics
pref_lang	Functional	Stores your language preference for a consistent reading experience.	6 months	Healthyweightfoodsguide
pref_display	Functional	Remembers display settings such as font size or dark mode preference.	6 months	Healthyweightfoodsguide
_fbp	Third-Party	Set by Facebook social sharing buttons embedded on article pages.	3 months	Meta (Facebook)

5. Managing & Controlling Cookies

You have the right to accept, decline or withdraw consent for non-essential cookies at any time. There are several ways to manage cookies when visiting our editorial guide:

Via Our Cookie Banner

When you first visit the site, a cookie consent banner allows you to accept all cookies, accept only essential cookies, or adjust your preferences by category.

Via Your Browser Settings

All major browsers allow you to view, manage, block and delete cookies through their settings menus. Please note that blocking essential cookies may affect how our articles and pages display.

Opting Out of Google Analytics

You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about your reading by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

6. Legal Basis for Using Cookies

Our use of cookies complies with applicable European regulations, including the EU ePrivacy Directive and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We rely on the following legal bases:

Legitimate Interest

Essential cookies are placed on the basis of legitimate interest, as they are strictly necessary for the functioning of our editorial platform.

Consent

All non-essential cookies (analytics, functional, third-party) are only placed after you have given explicit consent via our cookie banner.

7. Updates to This Policy

Our editorial team may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the technologies we use or in applicable regulations. Any significant updates will be noted with a revised "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.

Questions About Cookies?

If you have any questions about how Healthyweightfoodsguide uses cookies, or if you wish to exercise your data rights, please reach out to our editorial team. We are based at Avenue Victor Hugo 96, Lille.

Contact the Editorial Team