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 ...

A new study reports that measurements that detect body fat are a more accurate predictor of mortality risk than body mass ...

Learn about ideal body fat percentages with charts based on sex, age, and height. This article also covers how to calculate the ideal body fat percentage and BMI.

The Army's top NCO suggested that troops who score a 540 or higher on the Army Combat Fitness Test be exempt from body fat screening.

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 ...

Body composition is the amount of fat, bone, and muscle in your body. Having a good body composition is an important part of staying healthy, as having too much fat can increase your risk of illness.

For young adults, body fat percentage is a better predictor of 15-year mortality risk than body mass index (BMI), according ...

From this the fat-free mass was estimated using an appropriate hydration factor. The fat mass was calculated as the difference between body weight and fat-free mass. Based on these assessments, ...

The Marine Corps now uses scanners and other technology to verify a member’s body fat if they fail the tape test. The Air Force plans to implement a new waist-only body fat calculation in April.

The research found that the tape test “correctly identifies 91.6 percent of male Marines and 92 percent of female Marines as over the allowable body fat,” according to the release.