In the Indian state of Assam, police officials are being told they either need to lose weight over the next few months or find another profession.

A senior member of the state police has said that beginning in the middle of August, all officers' BMIs will be “professionally recorded,” the BBC reports.

Those officers who are deemed “obese” will be given until the end of the year to either lose weight or retire willingly.

GP Singh, the director general of police in Assam, has stated that anyone with legitimate health concerns will be excused.

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Singh tweeted that he will be the first police officer to have his body mass index (BMI) taken.

Assam's chief minister said a few weeks ago that roughly 300 police officers in the state will be compelled to retire early due to being “habitual drinkers” and “physically unfit.”

According to research, Indian police personnel frequently work overtime without receiving adequate rest or meal breaks.

Doctors, health care providers, and insurance companies all around the world utilise Body Mass Index (BMI; computed by dividing a person’s weight by the square of their height) to classify individuals as either healthy, overweight, or obese.

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Nevertheless, it is also very contentious, with many experts arguing that BMI is an unreliable indicator of health because it was developed primarily with white European males in mind.