The military’s new height to waist standards aim to better measure health and readiness, but raise concerns about fairness, ...

The Pentagon is shifting from height and weight tables and replacing them with a waist-to-height ratio methodology.

The Navy is returning to its pre-2020 physical fitness assessment system, requiring sailors to complete a test every six months.

Body composition assessment techniques play a critical role in both clinical practice and sports science by providing quantitative insights into the distribution of fat, muscle, bone, and water in the ...

Members of the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet reserve unit perform pushups for their physical fitness assessment on May 15, 2022. (MC2 Daniel Cleary/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Navy ...

The Navy will allow sailors who score high on their annual fitness test but might be carrying a few extra pounds to forgo extra physical training requirements as the services change their ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KSWO) - The U.S. military is replacing long-standing height-and-weight charts with ‘waist-to-height ratio’ ...