Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's official -- the Army will now assess body fat using a tape measurement around the waist only. The service announced Monday it ...

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We put 34 tape measures to the test in our lab and evaluated them on their ease of use, accuracy, performance, and durability. We chose the Irwin Strait-Line as our top pick for its durable case, ...

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The Army is planning to stick to how it currently measures body fat for soldiers after a massive research effort across the force found the so-called tape test accurate enough and alternative body ...

A soldier receives a 3-D body scan at Fort Bragg, N.C. on Oct. 18, 2021. The scan/study is part of a comprehensive body composition study examining the association between body composition and Soldier ...

Some of my earliest memories are of me “helping” my dad and my grandfather build an addition onto my grandparents’ home. There are pictures of me swinging a hammer while I was still in diapers. One of ...