President Obama’s Health and Wellness and His First Physical Exam as President

President Obama just finished his first physical while holding office as President. The results have created some controversy because the President isn’t in the best of health. The President’s LDL Cholesterol is 138, which is borderline high according to the American Heart Association. The national average for LDL Cholesterol is 114.8.

The part that bothered me was that the White House Press Secretary made a joke out of it and President Obama’s eating habits. He stated that it was the White House Chef’s fault and that “you guys think he eats carrots and celery and there is more cheeseburgers, fries and pie then you previously knew.”

President Obama also said, “I just have to say no to desert more often.” Wow! I don’t know about you, but if I had a personal chef serving me twenty four hours a day who is willing to make me whatever I want, I would be eating healthy and certainly not cheeseburgers, fries and pie.

I think the White House has sent the wrong message to the public, saying that it is totally acceptable to eat unhealthy foods, especially if you are busy. President Obama could have turned the situation around with the not so positive results by making it into a call for eating and living right and give encouragement for other Americans.

Instead, they made it into a joke.For those of you who don’t know, President Obama is a smoker, but no one knows just how often he smokes. On June 23, 2009 Obama stated in an interview, “as a former smoker I constantly struggle with it.” He explained that he has tried to quit, but “as a former smoker I constantly struggle with it,” and he also stated that he falls off the wagon but isn’t a constant smoker.

It was released that Obama’s doctor who did the physical also said President Obama has to say no to cigarettes. In response to all of this the White House Press Secretary promised that President Obama will show more “Presidential Restraint.” I feel for President Obama. I think being President is a thankless job, where you are constantly criticized, working harder than any other person in the country and under tremendous pressure.

I am not criticizing Obama as a person, just the way it was handled and the lost opportunity for the message that could have been delivered. I also think our President is a sign of the average American and how the majority of Americans are no longer healthy in the way they eat. This is a major contributor to a lot of the health problems we have today in America.

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About the Author

Jonathan Edelheit is Editor-In-Chief of the Corporate Wellness Magazine, the only Corporate Wellness Magazine in the industry focused on Health and Wellness in the workplace. Mr. Edelheit has been involved in US healthcare for almost ten years and ran a national healthcare administrator for almost seven years that administered healthcare plans for insurance companies, employers and governments.

While running the healthcare administrator Mr. Edelheit started to implement the first corporate wellness programs there through many tools such as health risk assessments, tele-medicine, e-health and many more options. Mr. Edelheit has been featured or mentioned in hundreds of media publications and in February 2008 was featured as a visionary in US healthcare by Executive Managed Healthcare Magazine.

Mr. Edelheit also organizes the Corporate Wellness Conference which is the only dedicated national conference on corporate health and wellness in the country and which targets employers, health insurance agents and large consulting firms. Mr. Edelheit is also an attorney. Jonathan Edelheit may be contacted at info@cwm.corporatewellnessmagazine.com

President Obama’s Medical Exam Reveals He is Shockingly Normal

While the country remains transfixed by the catfight between Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and all the rest, America must occasionally be reminded that there is currently a president in the White House, and that it would be best if he stayed alive for the next 316 days. Thankfully, the president’s doctor has declared that the state of Barack Obama’s health is strong.

After seven years of continual stress and irregular sleep, Obama’s wrinkles have deepened and his countenance has grown noticeably grayer since the golden days of his 2008 campaign, seeming to suggest poor health. Not so, says White House physician Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, who released Obama’s long-form physical-checkup results on Wednesday. Obama has a low resting heart rate (56 b.p.m.), low blood pressure (110/68), 20/20 vision, and low cholesterol—a shockingly normal bill of health for a man in charge of leading the free world and protecting the United States from Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, among other threats.

According to The New York Times, Obama weighs 175 pounds—half a Taft, historically speaking—which is five pounds less than his last physical exam in June, thanks to a combination of exercise and a good diet.

The report does contain one bombshell: Obama occasionally takes Nexium for his mild acid-reflux symptoms, which, if Republican lawmakers had their way, would disqualify him from the presidency. (The founders said nothing about acid reflux in the U.S. constitution.) Other medications used by the president include Vitamin D, taken daily, and the occasional piece of nicotine gum, which, ironically, is not covered by Obamacare.

Trump, whose physician recently declared that he would be “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency,” has yet to come up with any insults about Barack Obama’s health.

Obama’s Impressive Sports Scorecard

Michelle Obama is a two-time Grammy Award winner, besting other high-profile nominees including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Meryl Streep.

The former first lady took home a Grammy on Sunday during the awards preshow in the Best Audio Book, Narration and Storytelling Recording category for the audiobook of her 2022 self-help-style memoir, “The Light We Carry.”

In addition to the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and “Little Women” star Streep, nominees in the category included actor William Shatner and veteran music producer Rick Rubin.

Obama first won a Grammy in the Spoken Word Album category for the narration of her 2020 bestseller, “Becoming.”

With her latest award, Michelle Obama and former President Obama are tied for Grammy wins. The ex-commander in chief won in the Best Spoken Word Album category in both 2006 and 2008.

CNN — 

Former first lady Michelle Obama said she’s “terrified” about the potential outcome of the 2024 election, listing November’s presidential contest as among the fears that keep her awake at night, in a podcast interview released Monday.

“What’s going to happen in this next election? I’m terrified about what could possibly happen, because our leaders matter. Who we select, who speaks for us, who holds that bully pulpit, it affects us in ways sometimes I think people take for granted,” Obama told Jay Shetty on his podcast “On Purpose.”

“The fact that people think that government — ‘eh, does it really even do anything?’ — and I’m like ‘Oh my God, does government do everything for us, and we cannot take this democracy for granted.’ And I worry sometimes that we do. Those are the things that keep me up,” she said.

Her comments come as President Joe Biden begins to ramp up his reelection campaign, narrowing in on a message that democracy is on the ballot this year.

Still, many Democrats have expressed concern that his message isn’t resonating, pointing to polls showing him in a close contest with former President Donald Trump.

In the interview, the former first lady listed a number of other items that worry her, including: “Are people going to vote, and why aren’t people voting?”

“Those are the things that keep me up, because you don’t have control over them. And you wonder: ‘Where are we in this? Where are our hearts?’” she said.

Later, Obama suggested there was a double standard when it came to Trump’s legal entanglements and what might happen if a similar predicament befell a Black man.

“The bars are different for people in life. That I’ve learned,” she said.

Without naming Trump, she continued: “Other people can be indicted a bunch of times and still run for office. Black men can’t. You just learn to be good. And in the end, you benefit from that extra resilience.”