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

BMI is calculated by dividing your weight in kilograms by the square of your height in meters, and it usually does not ...

Waist-to-height ratio ‘outperforms’ BMI in identification of serious health risks, analysis of over 120,000 people suggests ...

When the Air Force decided to drop the dreaded tape test from its fitness assessment in 2020, airmen rejoiced at replacing what many critics viewed as an outdated body standard. And while a ...

Airmen and Guardians will no longer have to go through the dreaded abdominal tape test, but will have their waist and height measured to keep tabs on their physical health and physique under a new ...

Soldiers who hit the weights a little too hard, or maybe over-indulged during the holidays leading to a bit of weight gain, can find themselves failing the U.S. Army’s height and weight standards.

Petty Officer 1st Class Bince Bucaneg, a company commander for recruit company Golf-197, assists a recruit in meeting the Coast Guard physical fitness standards, March 15, 2019. (Official U.S. Coast ...