The worldwide economic recession is spreading obscurity and misery all over.

In its latest report, industry body Assocham said that over half of corporate India's personnel suffers from a range of chronic and lifestyle problems.

The report also said employees working in the information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services (ITES), media, knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) and financial services topped the list.
 
The common problems among 54% of the financial and IT sector employees include depression, severe headaches, obesity, chronic backache, spondylitis, diabetes and high blood pressure.

Assocham released a study ‘Corporate Workforce: Chronic and Lifestyle Disease’ on the eve of the World Health Day.

Assocham prepared the report after surveying 210 corporate employees from 200 different companies across 18 broad segments such as media, telecommunication and knowledge process outsourcing.

Mr. D.S. Rawat, Assocham secretary general, stated, “Corporate employees have to survive the stiff global competitive environment to save their jobs, which affects their health.”
 
According to report, around 47% of respondents working in the financial services segment are suffering from exhaustion, diabetes and heart problems.

The report also said that 51% of participants working in the media sector suffered from similar disorders, with about 36% from hypertension, 29% from depression and 15% afflicted with diabetes.

In addition, 27% of employees telecom segment are suffering from chronic diseases.

The report also said that the National Commission on Sleep Disorders estimations that lack of sleep results in higher strain and cut down workplace output.

But, the study discovered that few segments including education, FMCG and textiles reported very less proportion of employees suffering from harsh health problems.