Trump Gains a Few Pounds But Still in Good Health, Doctors Report

Trump Gains a Few Pounds But Still in Good Health, Doctors Report
U.S. President Donald Trump walks with first lady Melania Trump while departing for Palm Beach, Florida from the White House in Washington, U.S., Feb.1, 2019. Reuters/Jim Young
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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has put on four pounds over the past year. According to the results of a physical examination conducted last week, he remains in “very good health” despite his weight just nudging into the ‘obese’ range of a widely used government body mass index.

Trump spent more than four hours at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for a checkup supervised by Dr. Sean P. Conley, his physician, and involving a panel of 11 specialists.