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 ...

Later this year, the Navy plans to publish results of a wide-ranging comparative test spanning two years and involving nearly 800 volunteers that may bring it - and perhaps the other services - closer ...

There are various types of body composition tests (more on these below). Still, each one measures the percentages of fat and fat-free mass (muscle and bone) in the body. Knowing these percentages can ...