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Informing Parents not Enough to Fight Childhood Obesity

This is Beirut, 11/09 09:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Government-led programs attempting to curb childhood obesity by educating parents do not work, an international study published Thursday concluded, and researchers are calling for policies that prioritize society-wide solutions. Obesity is a major health crisis with more than one in eight people globally now obese, according to the World Health ...

YouTube Turns to AI to Guess Users' Age and Protect Minors

This is Beirut, 15/08 10:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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YouTube has started testing an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to identify the age of its users in the United States, in an effort to better protect minors from content and online habits considered inappropriate for them. "This technology will allow us to infer a user’s age and use that signal independently of the date of birth listed on the ...

Tripoli in Mourning: Twin Toddlers Die in Apartment Fire

This is Beirut, 26/07 09:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The northern Lebanese city of Tripoli awoke on Saturday morning to a heartbreaking tragedy. Two twin toddlers, just two and a half years old, lost their lives in a fire that broke out in a residential apartment located between the Rifaieh and Al Qalaa neighborhoods. According to initial reports, the blaze erupted during the night in a residential ...

Unseen and Unspoken: The Enigma of Pregnancy Denial

David Sahyoun, 24/07 22:55 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Some births occur without anticipation, as if the child arrived out of time. Pregnancy denial is neither deception nor performance. It is a psychic reality that takes shape without words, a pregnancy the body conceals and the mind excludes. This clinical enigma raises profound questions about motherhood, the female body, generational transmission ...

Growing Up Masked: The Psychological Challenges of a Confined Childhood

David Sahyoun, 11/03 10:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted societies on an unprecedented scale, deeply altering ingrained customs and daily social interactions. Children, navigating crucial phases of their psychological and identity development, were confronted with a world of masked faces, limited social interactions and new anxieties. For infants, the human face is the ...

Syria leftover explosives kill and injure over 180 children: NGO

This is Beirut, 06/03 14:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Landmines and unexploded ordnance in Syria have killed or injured at least 188 children since president Bashar al-Assad's overthrow in December, Save the Children charity said Thursday. Of that figure, more than 60 children were killed, the UK-based group said, warning the toll could rise as more families return to the war-ravaged country. Since ...

'Becoming an Adult Is Recognizing, with Minimal Pain, That Santa Claus Doesn't Exist'

David Sahyoun, 2024-12-18 18:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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"Becoming an adult is recognizing, without minimal much pain, that Santa Claus doesn't exist." This quote from the renowned astrophysicist and philosopher of science Hubert Reeves offers, with remarkable insight, accuracy and compassion, a reflection on a key moment in individual psychological development: the day a child discovers that Santa ...

UNICEF: At Least One Child Is Killed Daily in Lebanon

This is Beirut, 2024-10-31 14:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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UNICEF’s Executive Director Catherine Russell raised the alarm on Thursday about the growing number of casualties among children in the ongoing war between Hezbollah and Israel. “Since October 4th of this year, at least one child in Lebanon has been killed and ten injured daily,” Russell said in a statement. The war is impacting thousands ...

Talking About War with Your Children: A Necessity, Not an Option

David Sahyoun, 2024-10-09 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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War has taken hold of our country, and it seems likely to go on, with its devastating consequences both collectively and individually. Our environment is saturated with the rumble of bombings, shell explosions, sonic booms and other terrifying sounds. Everyone, whether near or far from the war zones, is experiencing the exhausting effects of ...

UNICEF: The Unrelenting Toll of Lebanon’s Crisis on Children

Hadi Damien, 2023-12-14 15:55 - Reading : 14 minute(s)

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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is a United Nations agency dedicated to improving and promoting the status of children. Every six months, UNICEF looks at Lebanese socio-economic indicators and reports on the reality of the families that the agency monitors. This is Beirut met with Edouard Beigbeder, the representative of UNICEF in ...

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