Triple H makes Fox News appearance, calls Trump food pyramid change ‘the correct call’
WWE executive Paul “Triple H” Levesque popped up on television last night with an appearance on Fox News.
Over the weekend, Levesque penned a column for Fox News Digital on his fitness journey and the importance of exercise and nutrition. He is a vice chair of President Donald Trump’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition and plays a role in helping promote the administration’s efforts in those areas.
“The Ingraham Angle” ran a segment on Monday night covering how the Trump administration has been criticized for its recent changes to the food pyramid and focus on promoting full-fat dairy products like whole milk. Levesque appeared during the segment and discussed what he wrote in his column, along with calling the Food Pyramid changes the “correct call.”
“It’s mind-boggling when you look at those numbers, a 270 percent increase [in childhood obesity] from 50 years ago. One in five kids is obese. And, statistically, they will spend the rest of their life obese,” Levesque said. “They will have chronic diseases because of it. We can change that, and the biggest, significant change you can make is exercise and nutrition. It’s not treating it down the line, it’s treating it now while you’re young.
“I truly believe that most nutritionists that disagree with it, it’s because they were taught wrong from the beginning. They were taught nutrition in the wrong way. The flip of the food pyramid is the correct call. I just think that that is in children’s best interest. And exercise, health — people, they just need to put down their phones, get out there, exercise. These kids need to get healthy, work out, play, go outside, ride a bike, play basketball, play baseball. Do something active every day. Get yourself fit. Get yourself healthy. And the accomplishment that you feel from doing those things will lead to success in the rest of your life, I promise you that.”
Levesque was named to the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition last summer. It’s an advisory committee that has the stated goal of promoting healthy eating and physical activity among the American public. Levesque serves as the vice-chair under golfer Bryson DeChambeau, with several other athletes and sports executives like Roger Goodell, Gary Bettman, Wayne Gretzky, Lawrence Taylor, Tony Romo, Nick Bosa and Mariano Rivera listed as members.
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