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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Michelle L. Price

Trump plans to revive the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren

President Donald Trump on Thursday plans to reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren, a program created in 1966 to help interest young people in following healthy, active lifestyles.

Children had to run and perform situps, pullups or pushups and a sit-and-reach test, but the program changed in 2012 during the Obama administration to focus more on individual health than athletic feats.

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