Why Trump Is Reviving the Presidential Fitness Test

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday reviving the Presidential Fitness Test, the once-ubiquitous school program that for more than five decades had American children running miles, doing sit-ups, and stretching at least twice a year during gym class.

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The announcement is part of the Trump Administration’s push to address “crisis levels” of childhood obesity, sedentary behavior, and poor nutrition after Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F.