"We are proposing a way that you can actually get a second opinion before we separate soldiers," Grinston said. Soldiers who are found to be out of compliance could be able to request to be scanned in one of the machines, though it's unclear how many the service plans to buy and how available they will be. That includes removing neck measurements and only measuring at the belly button, and minor shifts in calculating how that relates to a soldier's weight. Moving forward, Army planners are eyeing minor changes to the tape test, which are expected to boost accuracy by about 10%. So I have a little bit more body fat than I really want." And I got on the, and it broke my heart. "I do call it the heartbreaker," Grinston said, referring to the body scanners. The research also showed those scans found that most soldiers have more body fat than detected by the tape test, sometimes as much as 8% more. Army planners concede the machines are far more accurate than the tape test, but said they are too expensive to buy and be accessible to all soldiers at any given time, especially in the National Guard and reserve.
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The scanners are standard methods of measuring body fat in the health care field and professional athletics. But of that extreme minority of soldiers who are unfairly categorized as overweight, women are overrepresented.Ī major component of that study was the service researching three different types of body scanners, which range in cost between $15,000 and $100,000. Only about 1% of soldiers are inaccurately found to be overweight, according to Army data reviewed by. The tape test has generally been forgiving to soldiers. Those researchers found that overweight soldiers are at least 50% more likely to suffer from injuries. Researchers for the service found that roughly 10% of soldiers are overweight, far below the general population, but a troubling figure, given the physical demands of military service. A study of the force, which included 2,690 troops, found that the tape test is not a perfect science and roughly 35% of tape tests failed to accurately measure whether a soldier is in compliance with Army body fat standards.Īrmy planners and Congress have been increasingly concerned about fitness in the force, with the service and Capitol Hill going back and forth.
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