Overview

• President Trump signed an executive order on July 31 to revive the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools more than a decade after its 2012 discontinuation.
• The order formally reestablishes the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition under the authority of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
• Professional athletes including Bryson DeChambeau, Harrison Butker, Annika Sorenstam, Paul “Triple H” Levesque and Lawrence Taylor are slated to join the council.
• The administration portrays the program’s return as a response to crisis-level childhood obesity, chronic disease and sedentary lifestyles.
• The initiative aligns with U.S. plans to host the 2025 Ryder Cup, 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics.