Inside Donald Trump's diet as results of medical released
Ali Condon
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The results of President Donald Trump's most recent medical exam have been released by the White House, sparking renewed interest in the US leader's unusual diet.
In a memo, Trump's physician said the 79-year-old was 'in excellent health' and is 'fully fit to carry out all duties', but recommended 'increased physical activity and continued weight loss.'
Dr Sean Barbabella, the White House physician, also noted that Trump currently weighs 238lbs (108kg), meaning he has gained 14lbs (6.3kg) since his last publicly released medical exam in 2025.
With that in mind, attention has once again turned to what’s been reported about the president's diet over the years.
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It's no secret that Donald Trump is fond of his junk food - much to the horror of his Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Back in February, RFK Jr, 72, spoke openly about the president's 'interesting' eating habits, telling The Katie Miller Podcast: "I don't know how he's alive."
Rattling through Trump's typical diet, the health secretary said: "The interesting thing about the president is he eats really bad food, which is McDonald's and candy and Diet Coke. He drinks Diet Coke at all times. He has the constitution of a deity. I don't know how he's alive, but he is."
RFK went on to explain that, when the president is at the White House or in Mar-a-lago, he's eating 'really good food', but when Trump is on the road, he 'wants to eat food from big corporations because he trusts it and he doesn't want to get sick.'
Baffled by his boss's diet, Kennedy shared: "If you travel with him, you get this idea he is pumping himself full of poison all day long and you don't know how he's walking around, much less being the most energetic person any of us have ever met."
Just last month, Trump defended his love of junk food at an event in the oval office, insisting that he got along just fine without eating overly healthy foods.
In a strange digression, the president shared that he had shared meals with people who order celery, while he enjoys a slab of steak and 'everything else'.
He claimed: “I’ll say, ‘how you doing?’, ‘Well, it’s over for me’. I know many, many people that all they do is watch their weight. They're this, that, and they kick the bucket, and here we are. I feel great.”
Back in February, the president treated the US Men's Winter Olympic Ice Hockey team to a spread of McDonald's double cheeseburgers, following their gold medal win in Italy.
He did the same thing in 2019 for the Clemson Tigers football team when they paid the White House a visit after their national championship win.
Offering the professional athletes a spread of Big Macs and fries, as well as pizza, Wendy's and Burger King, Trump told press that he thought 'that would be their favourite food.'
Back in 2017, a book by two of Trump's former aides called Let Trump Be Trump revealed that there were 'four major food groups' on Trump Force One: 'McDonald's Kentucky Fried Chicken, pizza, and Diet Coke.'
According to the British Heart Foundation, diets that are high in ultra-processed foods have been linked to an increased risk of health conditions such as heart disease, obesity and type 2 diabetes.