. President Donald Trump delivers speech on the state of the Union on the US Capitol. (Photo: Doug Mills, AFP / Getty Images)

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is scheduled for an exam on Friday.

President, a connoisseur of fast food and red meat who avoids alcohol and tobacco, He will visit Maryland's Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for his annual physical examination, a routine evaluation ] that he was in "excellent health" last year.

Trump's health has always been a topic of interest, despite last year, a physician rated that he had "incredibly good genes". The 72-year-old president does not exercise regularly, aside from golf, and acknowledged last year that he was taking a statin-based drug designed to lower his cholesterol.

The president had a body mass index of 29.9 last year, which places him in the overweight category at the obesity threshold, which corresponds to a BMI of 30 or more.

Dr. Ronny Jackson, who did the assessment last year, said that, like many Americans, the 239-pound president could exercise more and adopt a better diet with less fat and more carbohydrates. After anonymous sources questioned the president's mental abilities in the Fire and Fury bombshell, Jackson last year, had done an assessment to screen for cognitive disorders. Trump got a perfect score, Jackson said.

"The president is very bright mentally," said the doctor at the time.

Jackson retired from his position as an officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs last year, despite the democratic opposition and the many allegations of professional misconduct. This year, Trump's review will be done by Sean Conley, a naval veteran who has become the president's doctor.

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