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Trump plans to revive the Presidential Fitness Test for schoolchildren

Trump plans to revive the Presidential Fitness Test for schoolchildren

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 …

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