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Men are balding, greying earlier than their grandpas    

Most men in rural Kenya, where 70 per cent of the population live, bald and grey faster. [Courtesy]

Kenyan men are balding and growing grey hair earlier than their fathers and grandparents. If you look around, you will see the many salted chins and silver heads of 30-something-year-olds. In years past, this was a sign of imminent retirement. But what has changed?

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