The Army has replaced the long-standing height and weight tables, circumference-based tape test, and supplemental body fat ...

Every soldier has 90 days to get measured and recorded under the new system since the new policy took effect July 7.

U.S. Army soldiers will no longer be judged based on a height and weight table, rather on a waist to height ratio as a measure of body composition, according to officials in a statement Tuesday. If a ...

The Army is conducting an initial 180-day assessment, during which soldiers will not be separated if they fail to meet the ...

The Army just adopted a waist-to-height ratio standard. Grab a tape measure and use our calculator to see if you make the cut ...

The service is the last to replace height-and-weight tables after the Pentagon called for the change. The Army matched the ...

The Army scrapped its height-and-weight tables and tape test in favor of a semiannual waist-to-height measurement, the ...

Soldiers with a confirmed waist-to-height ratio of 0.55 or higher will be placed in the Army's body composition improvement ...

In this op-ed, the author argues the Army’s outdated body composition policies are quietly eroding the readiness, health and performance of the force. (Pfc. Lilliana Fraser/Army) The Army’s outdated ...

The BOD POD utilizes air displacement plethysmography to measure body composition, specifically the proportion of fat mass and lean mass. The device measures how much air one’s body displaces, ...