India’s lifestyle disease burden is worsening sharply, with 17% of Indians now reporting diabetes, according to the ICICI Lombard India Wellness Index 2025. Released ahead of World Diabetes Day, the report captures troubling shifts in health patterns—especially among millennials and corporate employees—while also revealing that stress and fatigue have reached epidemic proportions. Advertisement

The nationwide study, conducted across 19 urban centres with a sample size of over 2,000 respondents, found that 1 in 3 Indians experiences high daily stress, and a staggering 41% report constant tiredness. These trends place stress behind only joint pain and high blood pressure as one of the nation’s most common lifestyle ailments.

Millennials and corporate employees

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