2/8/2019

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, a fast-food and red-meat connoisseur who eschews alcohol and tobacco, is in ‘very good health’ his physician said Friday [2-8-19] after a four-hour physical exam at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland…Trump’s health has long been a subject of interest, despite a doctor’s assessment last year that he has ‘incredibly good genes’ and was in ‘excellent health.’ The 72-year-old president doesn’t exercise regularly, beyond golf, and acknowledged last year he takes a statin drug designed to lower his cholesterol. The president spent four hours at Walter Reed. He returned to the White House Friday evening and did not respond to shouted questions from reporters…The president, ringing in at 6-foot, 3-inches, had a body mass index last year of 29.9, which places him in the overweight category on the verge of obesity, which is defined as a BMI of 30 or greater. Similar details from this year were not yet available.”

John Fritze and Michael Collins, “Trump in ‘very good health’ physician reports after annual physical exam,” USA Today, February 8, 2019 6:02 pm