The Marine Corps has begun shipping more than 250 new biometric machines around the globe as part of a new policy to measure body composition standards more accurately before labeling a Marine ...

In a study of 2,173 Marines—1,435 men and 738 women, 196 of whom were postpartum—the U.S. Marine Corps’ Training and Education Command, in alliance with the United States Army Research Institute of ...

WASHINGTON — After a months-long research study, the Army will keep its current height and weight screening tables, the service’s top noncommissioned officer announced at the Association of ...

Also in the updated policy, female Marines will be given a 1% increase in total allowable body fat. The Marine Corps is not the only service looking to update its use of the tape test for a more ...

Results show that body fat analysis did indeed predict people’s risk of death from any cause and, specifically, for heart ...

Body fat percentage chart. ... BMI is calculated by dividing your weight in kilograms by your height in meters squared. You can do the calculation yourself, or use an online calculator like this one.