India has an estimated 10.1 crore people living with diabetes according to ICMR–INDIAB, 2023 , and growing evidence suggests that workplace stress may be one of the factors heightening this burden. While international research has long linked chronic stress to metabolic dysfunction, emerging Indian data echo these patterns. For instance, a study among adults with Type 2 diabetes at a medical college in Tamil Nadu found that higher perceived stress scores were significantly associated with poorer glycaemic control and longer disease duration.

Physiologically, chronic stress keeps the body in a state of heightened alert, elevating cortisol and adrenaline, disrupting glucose metabolism, and favouring fat accumulation around the abdomen. Over time, this leads to insulin resistance and

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