Troops must have a waist measurement close to or less than half their height or risk being placed in their service's remedial ...
The move replaces traditional height-and-weight tables as the primary measure of body fat standards.
The U.S. military has officially moved away from long-standing height-and-weight tables and the traditional tape test in favor of a waist-to-height ratio as the primary body composition standard for ...
The Pentagon is shifting from height and weight tables and replacing them with a waist-to-height ratio methodology.