The United States Army has had some strict physical fitness requirements. Its new directive takes into account that body fat ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Army is wrapping up research on how best to measure a soldier's body fat -- but the service's controversial tape test might ...

A new U.S. Army regulation to measure soldiers’ body fat could result in many failing their fitness assessments. Army officials admitted on June 14 that some soldiers who had previously passed under ...

The Army has been recruiting applicants who far exceed its body fat standards and not providing them the necessary medical services as they try to shed the weight and come into compliance, according ...

The Army has developed a simplified method to asses a soldier's body fat as the military faces declined readiness due to obesity. The U.S. Army has published new body fat assessment standards to ...

ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Army has published a new directive called “Army Body Fat Assessment for the Army Body Composition Program” that will make immediate changes to the Army Body Composition ...

The Army will now determine the body fat of soldiers using a simplified tape test at the navel that is proven to have more consistent and accurate measurements, according to a new directive. The new ...