President Donald Trump on Thursday reinstated the Presidential Health Take a look at in public colleges.
First instated within the Nineteen Fifties to gauge younger folks’s well being and athleticism, the evaluation included sit-ups, push-ups, pull-ups and a sit-and-reach check. It additionally featured a aggressive element, recognising the very best performers with the Presidential Health Award.
The check had been discontinued in 2012 and changed with a health program throughout Barack Obama’s time period.
The BBC’s Bernd Debusmann takes a take a look at the check’s historical past and what Individuals should say about it.
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