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Fast-food fan Trump in ‘very good health’

72-year-old US president doesn’t smoke and is a noted teetotalle­r

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President Donald Trump, who delights in confoundin­g health experts with his junk food cravings and disinclina­tion to exercise, is “in very good health,” his doctor declared Friday following an annual medical check-up.

“I am happy to announce the president of the United States is in very good health and I anticipate he will remain so for the duration of his presidency, and beyond,” chief physician Sean Conley said in a memorandum released by the White House.

The Marine One helicopter returned the 72-year-old head of state to the White House from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre in the Washington suburb of Bethesda after a full four hours of prodding, poking and testing.

Dressed in a long dark overcoat, Trump gave a thumbs up, but did not respond to reporters’ questions about how he was feeling.

It remained unclear how many of the test results would eventually be made public.

Last year, everything from the president’s cholestero­l levels [high] to weight [too high at 108 kilograms] was released.

Trump’s then chief physician, Ronny Jackson — who has since run into trouble over alleged ethical misconduct — also held an unusually detailed press conference in which he declared Trump to be in “excellent health.”

On the plus side, Trump doesn’t smoke and is a noted teetotalle­r. He says he’s never even had a beer.

However, the former real estate tycoon and reality TV performer unashamedl­y embraces the couch potato life.

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