Troops must have a waist measurement close to or less than half their height or risk being placed in their service's remedial ...

My view of bathroom scales has shifted significantly since testing dozens of them for this review. I once associated them ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KSWO) - The U.S. military is replacing long-standing height-and-weight charts with ‘waist-to-height ratio’ as the primary body-composition standard. A December Department of War memo ...

Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Samuel Hill weighs Intelligence Specialist 3rd Class Nathan Perrin during body composition assessments aboard the carrier Abraham Lincoln. (MCS Joey Sitter/Navy) Later ...

A soldier receives a 3-D body scan at Fort Bragg, N.C. on Oct. 18, 2021. The scan/study is part of a comprehensive body composition study examining the association between body composition and Soldier ...

A Soldier prepares for the dead lift event of the Army Combat Fitness Test Sept. 23, 2019, at Fort Jackson, S.C. (Thomas Brading/Army) The Army has set a timeline for reforms on how the service ...

As many people begin the year with health and fitness resolutions, Boise State University’s Human Performance Laboratory is ...

To anyone following the brouhaha surrounding fitness standards across the U.S. military, the Air Force’s six-month delay in resuming body composition measurements comes as no surprise. Three years ...

COSMED USA, Inc., manufacturer of the BOD POD ® Body Composition Tracking System, has been selected to provide body composition testing at the upcoming NHL Scouting Combine™ being held May 30 - June 6 ...