{"id":501,"date":"2010-03-02T09:28:39","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T09:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2010\/03\/obamas-check-up.html"},"modified":"2010-03-02T09:28:39","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T09:28:39","slug":"obamas-check-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2010\/03\/obamas-check-up.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama&#8217;s Check Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We received news in the last few days that President Obama had his annual checkup this past Sunday in Washington, D.C.&nbsp; As the American president, he is required by the military to do this once a year.&nbsp; After 90 minutes with his physician, with multiple tests and examinations, the president was declared &#8220;healthy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At 48, 179 pounds and just over 6 feet tall, he is athletic.&nbsp; He has a resting heart rate of 56 beats per minute, which is great.&nbsp; His total cholesterol is a bit high according to the newest standards, likely due to him smoking occasionally and a proclivity for &#8220;cheeseburgers, fries and desserts,&#8221;&nbsp; according to his press secretary, Robert Gates.&nbsp; President Obama did say to the cameras on the way back from his exam that he had to stop eating so many desserts.<\/p>\n<p>I applaud our president not only for getting his annual physical exam, but also for admitting he&#8217;s struggling with imperfect eating and occasional cigarettes.&nbsp; He&#8217;s human.&nbsp; He&#8217;s doing his best, but slips a bit, just like me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-34182-Philadelphia-Veterans-Health-Examiner%7Ey2010m3d1-Health-news-alert-First-medical-checkup-for-Presiden-Obama-passed-with-flying-colors\" target=\"_blank&quot;\">Here&#8217;s a report<\/a> of his exam from the Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>Have YOU had an annual checkup recently?&nbsp; Please tell us about it in a post, and what you&#8217;re doing to become healthier .<\/p>\n<p>TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT THIS DAILY BLOG.&nbsp; Just say Beliefnet.com\/drnorris<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/search.blog.beliefnet.com\/cgi-bin\/mt\/mt-search.cgi?search=Give-Back+Diet&amp;IncludeBlogs=129&amp;Go.x=20&amp;Go.y=7\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GBD-button.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/79\/import\/GBD-button.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px;float: right\" height=\"125\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We received news in the last few days that President Obama had his annual checkup this past Sunday in Washington, D.C.&nbsp; As the American president, he is required by the military to do this once a year.&nbsp; After 90 minutes with his physician, with multiple tests and examinations, the president was declared &#8220;healthy.&#8221; At 48,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2,3,24,10,22,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet","category-fitness","category-health","category-inspiration","category-lifestyles","category-politics","category-wellness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Obama&#039;s Check Up - Dr. Norris J. 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