US EditionTrump to bring back Presidential Fitness Test in schools
UNITED STATES, JUL 31 – The order revives a fitness program discontinued in 2012 to combat declining health among youth and will include a Presidential Fitness Award, White House says.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump will sign an executive order at the White House to revive the Presidential Fitness Test and council in a late afternoon ceremony.
- The original fitness assessment created in 1966 addresses the 'widespread epidemic of declining health and physical fitness,' the White House says.
- Reintroduced from its 1966 origins, the program features students running, performing situps, pullups or pushups, and a sit-and-reach test, overseen by Health and Human Services Secretary.
- Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the order tasks the council to partner with professional athletes, and Bryson DeChambeau will be named chairman.
- The Youth Fitness Test program now minimizes comparisons and supports personal fitness goals, as the order aims to bring back the fitness challenge in public schools.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to recover the so-called Presidential Fitness Test for all public schools in the country. This is a test for teenagers promoted in 1966 that Obama suspended in 2013 to change it to a program more focused on individual health than on athletic skills.Continue reading
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