The incidence of lifestyle diseases and company employees. Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) report says that about 52 percent of workers in companies affected lifestyle diseases; in particular, eating habits and 24 percent suffer from chronic diseases, while the 18 percent had an acute aliment.

The survey covered major cities like Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Hyderbad, Pune, Chandigarh, Dehradun, etc. A little more than 150 employees were selected in each city in half.

Lifestyle Diseases Rank:

1. Delhi
2. Mumbai
3. Ahmedabad
4. Chandigarh
5. Hyderabad
6. Pune
7. Channa

Only six percent of the average company employees said that there is not suffering from a disease, according to the report in which a total of 800 respondents participated in 150 companies in the age group 20-70 years.

The majority of the 52 per cent employees who are afflicted with lifestyle diseases are white collar executives who eat more often outside. About 55 percent of those surveyed in the fall of the age group 20-29 years, followed by 30-39 years (26 percent), 40-49 years (16 percent), 50-59 years (2 percent) and 60-69 years (one percent). Although the report focused on employees of companies of 18 major sectors, the percentage of maximum contribution of employees in the IT and ITeS sector (17 per cent of respondents were in this sector).

When the share of IT-ITeS sector of financial services 11 percent of respondents, including banks, brokerage houses, insurance, financial advice, and APA. The workers are employed in the design and in the telecommunications sector accounted for nine percent and eight percent respectively. Nearly six percent of workers have been on the search market, KPO and background of each medium. Management, consumer goods and workers in the field of infrastructure represent five percent each. The defendants in power and real estate accounted for four per cent each. Staff training and food and beverage, where the fee is three per cent each. public works, and textile production are offered to share the results of two per cent each.

Releasing the paper, Assocham Secretary General DS Rawat said that 26 percent of enterprise employees who suffer from obesity, which is part of lifestyle diseases. Depression is the second disease was observed among the respondents, 18 percent of employees in sample firms “who suffer from this disease lifestyle. High blood pressure (BP) and diabetes is the disease and the third fourth with a share of 12 percent and 10 percent respectively, slightly from its employees. Spondolysis asthma (eight percent), heart disease (six percent), cervical (five percent ), (four percent), drop the disk (three percent) and arthritis (2.5 percent) are among the most common diseases.

The report indicates that the timing of increasingly demanding and high stress leads to sleep disorders in individual life. Sleep loss has significant consequences, including daytime fatigue, physical discomfort, psychological stress, impaired performance, low pain threshold and absenteeism.

It is interesting to note that employees, despite suffering from a disease (such as flu, fever, backache, etc.) consider themselves healthy as they are able to slip in the workplace without compromising productivity .