Though body mass index is a simple, easy, and inexpensive way to measure your body size and fat content, it is not perfect. Because it does not directly measure your body fat, the results will not be as accurate as other measures.
The final product of the programming process within the Department of Defense, the Components Program Objectives Memorandum (POM) displays the resource allocation decisions of the Military Departments in response to and in accordance with Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and Defense Programming Guidance (DPG).
1 Additionally, an identical term exists in French, les nouvelles, which translates as the plural of the new. The word news is simply a plural form of new.  Pom or pommy is an Australian English, New Zealand English, and South African English term for a person of British descent or origin.