<p>Shortly after Hoover took office, he met with White House physician Joel T. Boone for the customary physical.  Boone recommended that Hoover lose twenty-five pounds via a reducing diet and improve his lungs by practicing deep breathing exercises out in fresh air. This is how he did it.</p>

Shortly after Hoover took office, he met with White House physician Joel T. Boone for the customary physical. Boone recommended that Hoover lose twenty-five pounds via a reducing diet and improve his lungs by practicing deep breathing exercises out in fresh air. This is how he did it.

<p>Shortly after Hoover took office, he met with White House physician Joel T. Boone for the customary physical.&nbsp; Boone recommended that Hoover lose twenty-five pounds via a reducing diet and improve his lungs by practicing deep breathing exercises out in fresh air. This is how he did it.</p>

The Origins of Hoover-Ball

Hoover Headline stories tell a quick Herbert Hoover factoid most people have never heard about before. There's a lot of Hoover history you were never taught - here's an easy way to learn about this Iowa native born in a two room cottage, orphaned at age 9, and who went on to feed a billion starving people over his lifetime.

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