Given the huge accent on slim-is-in-stout-is-out, we are not surprised at the traction and responses generated by the recent front page report on a 57-year-old senior inspector losing 36 kgs over 14 months. The inspector did this the old fashioned way — plain, hard sweat, with exercise and diet. He set an example for his peers and juniors in the force in the battle of the bulge.

This inspector set 90 minutes aside from his hectic schedule daily to walk five kilometres, and the result is there for all to see. He doesn't have diabetes or blood pressure or any other ailment.