A1 German News | Why Are So Many Italian Children Overweight?

Learn with slow German news for A1 listening practice. In this episode: Doctors in southern Italy are seeing more children with obesity, and one 17-year-old weighs 170 kilos and struggles with daily life. Also: The Flatiron Building in New York is being turned into luxury apartments, with new homes priced as high as $58.5 million. Today’s German focus: kann + Infinitiv = can + infinitive. Vocabulary: das Gewicht (weight), die Operation (operation), der Magen (stomach). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a1-2026-07-26