President's survey: Trump joins the ranks of 93 million obese Americans

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that approximately 93,3 million Americans are obese. And President Trump is one of them.

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On Thursday evening - almost a week after the examination - Trump's doctor Sean Conley released the results of the president's annual physical examination. According to data received TEAM, the country's commander-in-chief is 6 feet 3 inches (190 cm) tall and weighs 243 pounds (110,23 kg). The resting heart rate does not exceed 70 beats per minute, and the president’s blood pressure is 118/80 mm Hg.

The ratio of height and weight indicates the body mass index 30,4. According to the recommendations of the CDC, a BMI above 30 is considered obese.

The results show that since January 2018, Trump gained four pounds (1,8 kg), and he was assigned an increased dose of rosuvastatin, which is used to lower high cholesterol and prevent heart disease. Despite this, Conley noted that the president of the United States "has very good overall health."

But Dr. Gary Leroy, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians and a practicing family doctor from Dayton, Ohio, does not share the optimism of a colleague. Leroy told Time that if a person with such indicators of health came to him, he would have to talk seriously about lifestyle changes.

“At his age, with his height and weight,” he says, “his body mass index would worry me.”

Although Leroy had never examined Trump and could not assess his general state of health without accurate data, according to him, official information shows that the president has excellent blood pressure and a strong heart rate at rest. Indicators between 60 and 100 beats per minute are considered healthy, the doctor said.

Still, if the president were his patient, "we would talk about his body mass index and lifestyle," LeRoy says. “His diet and types of physical activity matter. Does he lead an overly sedentary and overly stressful lifestyle?

Trump has admitted in the past that he doesn't exercise regularly, other than playing golf and traveling between meetings. But LeRoy argues that golf isn't a very effective workout unless the participant walks from hole to hole.

“Golf is not an aerobic exercise—you don’t do it for 20 to 30 minutes with your heart rate constantly elevated,” he says. “Riding a golf cart is not a good exercise option.”

Trump is also known as a fast food fan. When a month ago he invited the Clemson University football team to the White House to celebrate victory in the national championship, the president served as treats hamburgers and french fries from several national networks.

During his 2016 presidential campaign of the year, Trump consumed food from McDonald's on 2530 calories per day. However, last May, CNN reported that the president was trying to make changes to his diet and lose a few pounds.

Leroy says that from time to time, anyone can skip workouts and eat junk food without pain, but with age, the consequences of such decisions become more problematic.

“A man at age 72 is close to the average life expectancy for a man in this country,” he says, adding that the average life expectancy for American males is 76 years.

For this reason, Leroy believes that it is important for people older than 50 to keep in mind personal risk factors, such as family histories of cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and other diseases.

However, Donald Trump himself claims that he has no need to worry about all this.

“I have good genes,” he said in an interview in January.

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