{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a29a7413f4eb34728c4200e/6a658708614bacdacec3d04b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A1 French News | Italy Faces Childhood Obesity Challenge","description":"Learn with slow French news for A1 listening practice.\n\nIn this episode: In Italy, many children are overweight, especially in the south, and one 17-year-old boy weighs 170 kilos while waiting for surgery. Also: New York's famous Flatiron Building is almost finished after years of renovation and is turning into ultra-luxury apartments worth up to $58.5 million.\n\nToday’s French focus: Je mange tout le temps = I eat all the time. Vocabulary: le surpoids (overweight), l'obésité (obesity), le lacet (shoelace).\n\nLearn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/french-a1-2026-07-26","author_name":"LinguaWire"}