Hidden link between obesity, insulin resistance, and hair loss
India’s growing obesity and metabolic health crisis is now showing up in an unexpected place- the scalp. At the Dakshin Health Summit 2025, organised by South First at Asian Insitute of Gastroenterology in Hyderabad on 9 November, dermatologists warned that insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome are playing a major role in the rise of hair loss, even among young people.