Pentagon Announces New Approach to How the Military Will Measure Troops’ Body Fat

Pentagon announces new approach to how the military will measure troops’ body fat

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

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

The move replaces traditional height-and-weight tables as the primary measure of body fat standards.

The U.S. Military Just Declared a New Way to Measure Body Fat on Troops

The Pentagon ditched height-and-weight tables for a new waist-to-height ratio. Learn how this new body fat standard impacts soldiers and readiness.

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 programs.

Air Force Ahead of New Pentagon Body Composition Standards

Airmen and Guardians preparing to take updated physical fitness assessments this year won’t be surprised by the Pentagon’s updated body composition standards that all service members will have to meet; the Air Force worked up similar standards three years ago. Following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Sept. 30 directive on military fitness standards, the Defense Department has released new guidance on body composition using the waist-to-height…