Why It's Important To Have More Conversations About Diseases
In today’s information age, where most corporate jobs comprise sitting for hours in front of computers, handling constant deadlines and pressure, and working odd hours, it is hardly surprising that many employees suffer from vitamin D deficiency, stress and anxiety, premature ageing, and lifestyle-related diseases. Some of these conditions get aggravated to a great extent, causing a host of other problems. From an organization perspective, it causes agony to a valuable employee, not to mention loss of productivity and morale.
The root cause of the occurrence of these diseases, apart from genetic markers, is the general ignorance of the consequences of unhealthy habits. The best thing that can be done for the employees of your organization is to create awareness of health issues, diseases, symptoms, the main causes, and how to prevent their onset. Diseases like breast cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure and anxiety attacks, which are now very widely prevalent among the white-collar workers, can easily be avoided with a little heads-up and care.
In recent years, the percentage of non-communicable diseases like diabetes and hypertension has grown from 31% to 45 % of the total diseases recorded. India spends nearly 100,000 crores on healthcare, and 70% of this is due to non-communicable diseases. This causes a huge economic burden on the nation. Several measures must be taken at a very large scale to ensure the lifestyle choice of citizens are made from the health perspective as well.
There must always be a healthy discussion around the topic of diseases, their trigger points, and prevention mechanisms to ensure a happy workforce. Awareness needs to be spread about common diseases and health problems to help prevent them from happening and allowing people to work freely.
