Body fat test

Colleges & Universities United States Military Academy - West Point
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<p>A body fat test estimates % body fat from height weight and various body circumference measurements to make sure that a person falls within the allowed limits.</p>

<p>A description of the tape test can be found in the Army Weight Control Program.
<a href=“http://www.usapa.army.mil/pdffiles/r600_9.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usapa.army.mil/pdffiles/r600_9.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>An updated directive was issued in 2004
<a href=“http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/html2/d13081x.htm[/url]”>http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/html2/d13081x.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>“Maintaining desirable body composition is an integral part of physical fitness, general health, and military appearance. Service members whose duties require muscular and cardio-respiratory endurance may be hampered in performing their duties when body fat exceeds 26 percent in males and 36 percent in females. The Military Services shall implement body composition programs that enhance general health, physical fitness and military appearance. Departments must ensure that actual weight loss is viewed as less important than the reduction in body fat.”</p>