Police win battle for the bulge after body fat rule dropped

The Philippine National Police under the command of former Police General Debold Sinas join the global observance of World Obesity Day on March 4 2021. Facebook/Philippine National Police

MANILA, Philippines — Police have a won a battle for the bulge after the force dropped a requirement for officers seeking promotion to meet body fat targets, an official document showed Tuesday. 

Expanding waistlines have been a hefty problem among police in the Southeast Asian country for years. A 2019 study showed almost 35% of personnel were overweight and nearly 10% obese.

Rules introduced at the start of the pandemic by former police chief Debold Sinas -- who publicly acknowledged his own efforts to shed kilos through diet and exercise -- made it compulsory for the 220,000 members of the force to work out daily and submit monthly body mass index (BMI) readings.

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