Biometric verification is a means of identifying individuals through unique biological traits such as fingerprints, eye patterns and voice prints. It provides a secure, reliable method of access control for digital and physical systems, including banking, airport security and building access. Despite its strengths, concerns around biometric verification include privacy invasion, data breaches and misused facial data. Methods include fingerprint ID, facial recognition, retina scanning and voice recognition, among others.

Why telling kids to eat less and move more fails to address obesity
Despite decades of public health messaging urging children to “eat less and move more,” rates of pediatric obesity continue to rise globally. In the U.S.