The Army is wrapping up research on how best to measure a soldier's body fat -- but the service's controversial tape test might not be dead yet. The Army is in the midst of totally revamping health ...

It’s military camouflage patterns all over again. In a recent brief to a Defense Department advisory committee, fitness experts for each of the military services described how they’re on track to ...

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 ...

Amazon Halo’s body fat percentage scanner gives just as accurate a reading of a person’s body fat calculation as methods that physicians use, according to a recent study conducted by Massachusetts ...

Forget about traveling to a lab for a pricey X-ray to get an accurate measurement of body fat percentage—Amazon’s Halo app can do it with just four smartphone photos and the app’s built-in machine ...

A. It has become clear that it is fat loss not weight loss that defines good health and reduces risk of obesity-related diseases. But since the only way to calculate body fat with 100 percent accuracy ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Ever wondered how body fat is calculated? There are lots of ways to do it, including smart scales ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify how many volunteers researchers are seeking to participate in the study. FORT BRAGG — The bodies of Fort Bragg soldiers are being studied through ...

Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force use body fat analyzers during a body fat composition testing hosted by Marine Corps Community Services at the 21 Area Fitness Center, at Camp Pendleton, ...