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The current White House is shifting the emphasis to playing sports in an effort to get more youths -- and adults -- to get off their couches and onto the playing fields.

Six decades of good intentions and celebrity endorsements haven't inspired enough Americans to become more active. Will the new approach emphasizing the benefits of playing sports work?

The Presidential Fitness Message Can't Seem to Connect

Six decades of good intentions and celebrity endorsements have not inspired enough Americans to become more active. Will the new approach emphasizing the benefits of playing sports work?

The Presidential Fitness Message Cannot Seem to Connect

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U.S. President Donald Trump has put his own spin on the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition, putting sports first in the name and emphasizing the importance of participation. Whether that approach works better than any other tried since the council was formed in the 1950s is the question. Reversing the general decline of Americans' physical fitness could have wide-ranging national security and economic benefits.

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The Presidential Fitness Message Can't Seem to Connect

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