Misty Carman, a nurse educator at Naval Hospital Jacksonville’s Wellness Center, used a body analyzer scale, which estimates body composition (including body fat, lean mass, bone mass, and water ...

The military’s new height to waist standards aim to better measure health and readiness, but raise concerns about fairness, ...

People come to running with many different goals: to compete, to hang out with friends, to get healthier, to “lean out.” This sport can help you achieve many of these things. However, according to a ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – The Department of Defense recently updated its 20-year-old policy that establishes body composition and physical fitness standards for active-duty service members to ...

There are various types of body composition tests (more on these below). Still, each one measures the percentages of fat and fat-free mass (muscle and bone) in the body. Knowing these percentages can ...

This article was reviewed by Felix Gussone, MD. Key Takeaways: Body composition offers a clearer picture of health than ...