The move replaces traditional height-and-weight tables as the primary measure of body fat standards.

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

The Air Force tape test is returning to base gyms and fitness testing facilities, two years after the service dropped the abdominal circumference measurement in fitness assessments. The service is ...

The U.S. military has officially moved away from long-standing height-and-weight tables and the traditional tape test in favor of a waist-to-height ratio as the primary body composition standard for ...