Pentagon announces new way military will measure troops’ body fat

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

Pentagon to start measuring troops’ body fat by waist-to-height ratio

The Pentagon on Monday issued a memo directing the U.S. military to evaluate the body fat of troops using a waist-to-height ...
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Study Finds This Measurement Is Better Than BMI at Predicting Disease

A study published in JAHA: Journal of the American Heart Association analyzed BRI measurements (calculated using a standard formula factoring in waist circumference and height) for more than 9,935 ...
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When It Comes to Measuring Your Fitness, What Really Matters?

Discover which fitness metrics matter most for meaningful progress. Learn how expert assessment of posture, mobility, ...
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Here's how the Pixel 8 Pro's thermometer measures body temperature

Google recently received FDA approval for its body temperature feature. The Pixel 8 Pro’s thermometer works by measuring the infrared radiation your body emits and then puts the results through an ...
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Forget BMI—there's a 2,000-year-old technique for measuring body fat that's more useful

It's the start of another year and the body mass index (BMI) is being criticized again. This time a Lancet-commissioned group of experts is denouncing it as a diagnostic tool for obesity. They say ...
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How your age and gender affect body fat percentage

Women usually have a higher body fat percentage than men. A body fat range of 25% to 31% for women or 18% to 24% for men is typical for nonathletes. Measuring your waist, using skinfold calipers, or ...