U.S. Army soldiers will no longer be judged based on a height and weight table, rather on a waist to height ratio as a measure of body composition, according to officials in a statement Tuesday. If a ...

The measurements of a soldier's waist and height must be less than a 0.55 ratio, according to the Army, matching a Pentagon standard.

The Army has replaced the long-standing height and weight tables, circumference-based tape test, and supplemental body fat ...

Every soldier has 90 days to get measured and recorded under the new system since the new policy took effect July 7.

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