He gave the impression of being a fit, athletic president, but Roosevelt, who was in office from 1901 to 1909, was obese with a BMI of 30.2. It’s likely not a coincidence that most of the U.S.’s heaviest presidents served from the mid 1800s to early 1900s, when relative prosperity meant richer foods and an increasingly sedentary lifestyle.
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