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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 4909 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 593

Sec. 593. Body mass index test

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The Secretary of Defense shall review— the current body mass index test procedure used by the Armed Forces; and other methods to measure body fat with a more holistic health and wellness approach. The review under subsection
(a)shall— address nutrition counseling; determine the best methods to be used by the Armed Forces to assess body fat percentages; and improve the accuracy of body fat measurements.
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