Cookie Policy
Last updated: 15 June 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how Healthyweightfoodguide, an editorial publication operated from Boulevard Haussmann 29, Marseille, uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you read our content at healthyweightfoodguide.info.
01. 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 across the web to make sites work efficiently and to provide information to site operators.
Cookies do not contain personal information that directly identifies you. However, personal data that we store about you may be linked to information stored in and obtained from cookies. You can find more details about the specific cookies we use in the table further below.
02. Types of Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary
These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable core features such as page navigation, security, and access to secure areas. The site cannot function correctly without them.
Analytics & Performance
These cookies collect anonymised information about how readers interact with our editorial content — which articles are most read, how long visitors stay, and which pages lead to errors — helping us improve the publication.
Functional
Functional cookies remember your preferences — such as language settings or display options — so that your reading experience is personalised when you return to the site.
Third-Party & Targeting
Some of our pages embed third-party content (such as video or social sharing widgets). These third parties may set their own cookies. We do not control the use of those cookies and recommend reviewing their individual policies.
03. How We Use Cookies
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Understanding our readership: We analyse aggregated, anonymised data to understand which health and nutrition topics resonate most with our readers, allowing our editorial team to commission relevant articles.
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Improving site performance: Performance cookies help us identify slow-loading pages, broken links, and technical issues that affect the quality of your reading experience.
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Remembering your preferences: Functional cookies store settings so you don't need to re-enter them on each visit — for example, your preferred article display mode.
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Security: Certain cookies protect the site and our readers by detecting and preventing fraudulent activity and ensuring secure browsing sessions.
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Embedded content: When articles contain embedded content (such as nutritional charts or video explanations), the providers of that content may use cookies to collect usage statistics.
04. Cookie List
| Cookie Name | Category | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
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| _session | Necessary | Healthyweightfoodguide | Maintains your active session while browsing the publication | Session |
| _csrf_token | Necessary | Healthyweightfoodguide | Protects against cross-site request forgery attacks | Session |
| cookie_consent | Necessary | Healthyweightfoodguide | Stores your cookie consent preferences | 1 year |
| _ga | Analytics | Google Analytics | Distinguishes unique readers; used to generate statistical data on article performance | 2 years |
| _gid | Analytics | Google Analytics | Identifies readers across browsing sessions for analytics reporting | 24 hours |
| _gat | Analytics | Google Analytics | Throttles request rate; limits data collection on high-traffic pages | 1 minute |
| hwfg_prefs | Functional | Healthyweightfoodguide | Stores reader display preferences (e.g. font size, reading mode) | 6 months |
| lang | Functional | Healthyweightfoodguide | Remembers your selected language preference | 1 year |
| YSC | Third-Party | YouTube | Tracks views of embedded video content in articles | Session |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Third-Party | YouTube | Estimates bandwidth for readers viewing embedded video content | 6 months |
05. Managing & Controlling Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or refuse non-essential cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences in several ways:
Through Our Cookie Banner
When you first visit our publication, a cookie consent banner allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You may update your choices at any time by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting the site.
Browser Settings
Most browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies through their settings. Below are links to instructions for the most common browsers:
Opting Out of Analytics
To opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Effect of Disabling Cookies
Please note that disabling strictly necessary cookies may affect the functionality of our website. Non-essential cookies can be disabled without limiting access to our editorial content.
06. Third-Party Services
Our editorial publication uses a small number of trusted third-party services to measure readership and embed supplementary content within articles. These services operate under their own privacy and cookie policies, which we encourage you to review:
- → Google Analytics — Google Privacy Policy
- → YouTube (Google LLC) — Google Privacy Policy
We do not share reader-identifiable data with these services beyond what is necessary for the stated purposes.
07. Policy Updates & Contact
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our editorial operations. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised date at the top. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
If you have questions about how we use cookies or wish to raise a concern regarding this policy, our editorial team can be reached at:
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