Devanjana Mukherjee, Khabri Media
Hard work is undeniably important for success, but it should not come at the expense of one’s health, especially amongst youth as its most vital time of life.
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In today’s fast-paced world, young people are constantly striving to meet the demands of their academic and professional lives. The pressure to excel in various aspects of life often leads them to overlook the importance of maintaining a healthy diet and lifestyle. However, doctors emphasize that youths must strike a balance between hard work and their overall well-being for a prosperous and sustainable future.
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Hard work is undeniably important for success, but it should not come at the expense of one’s health. Youth is a time when individuals are full of energy and vitality, making it an ideal period to invest in healthy habits that will pay dividends in the long run.
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Youth should learn to balance hard work with a healthy diet, proper sleep and timely exercise, doctors said while cautioning that overwork is leading to early onset of lifestyle diseases. Medical experts said that the current work regime is “far too ambitious,” and urged team leaders to divide work in an optimized manner among team members so that there is nil physical or psychological burnout among employees.
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Doctors warned that overwork was leading to early onset of lifestyle diseases like diabetes and cervical or spondylitis. Moreover, smoking, drinking and consumption of junk food at work or home is also adversely affecting their health, and compounding their health issues.
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Their comments come in the wake of Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy recently suggesting that young people should work 70 hours a week to boost the country’s productivity. Murthy’s remarks were criticised on social media for allegedly promoting an ‘overwork culture’ by some, and praised by several others.
A senior doctor at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital said the OPD of internal medicine there is seeing a “paradigm shift” in the nature of patients visiting it. “We are seeing now more younger people than the elderly population who are coming to us with early onset of lifestyle diseases like diabetes. They are glued to their computer screens or mobile phones all the time, so they complain of pain in eyes, neck pain, back ache and many other issues,” the doctor said.
