September 29, 2012 Clippings

72% corporate employees at a higher risk of heart attack: ASSOCHAM Survey

29th September is World Heart Day

Everybody knows that the corporate sector is usually more stressed that other sectors, but according to a recent survey conducted by ASSOCHAM on the occasion of ‘World Heart day’, nearly 72% of the corporate become more prone for the cardiovascular diseases due to high stress levels, strenuous schedules, lack of physical activity and poor eating habits.

The survey further discloses that night shift workers are 52% more at risk than day workers of suffering a heart attack or stroke and also have higher levels of unhealthy activities such as eating junk food, sleeping badly and not exercising, which are linked to heart problems.

The report included the major cities like Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune, Chandigarh, etc. Delhi ranks first afflicted to heart disease followed by Bangalore, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and Hyderabad. “Inactive lifestyle, lack of exercise and poor eating habits are making millions of urban Indians face a high risk of heart disease” said Mr. D S Rawat, Secretary General of ASSOCHAM.

Dr. B K Rao, Chairman of ASSOCHAM Health committee, said, “Shift work has long been known to disrupt the body clock and be linked to high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes”. The shift work is defined as evening shifts, irregular or unspecified shifts, mixed
schedules, night shifts and rotating shifts.

“Overweight and obesity are important risk factors for cardiovascular disease, which is the number one cause of death and accounts for deaths every year. This is due to a number of factors, including a global shift in diet towards increased energy, fat, salt and sugar intake, and a trend towards decreased physical activity”, added Dr. Rao.

As per ASSOCHAM’S corporate employees’ survey result, 72 per cent of the survey respondents are suffering from heart disease followed by obesity and depression with 21 per cent of the respondents suffering these lifestyle disorders. High blood pressure (12 percent) and diabetes (8 percent) are the fourth and fifth largest disease.

Source: http://health.india.com                              29.09.2012

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