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Steriods
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Steroids; A Self-Administered Killer? Young adults often feel uncomfortable with their body. Today's advertising attempts to create an atmosphere in which beauty and attractiveness cannot be attained unless women are exceptionally slim and men possess a large, muscular build. Women view themselves as having large, overweight bodies while men tend to perceive themselves as smaller and weaker. This results in women dieting excessively which leads to disorders such as bulimia and anorexia. Men, who can also acquire disorders and bad habits, attempt to bulk up their body for sports such as football, in which a muscular body is the ultimate goal. Males are becoming more obsessed with the desire to be the athletes who sign multi-million dollar deals (Bamberger 60). Many want to be the next face on the Wheaties box. They know an increase in size and muscle mass can directly help them achieve this goal. A recent survey that was conducted, reported that of the 3152 high school males surveyed who participated in sports, 47% desired to gain weight and 59.1% perceived themselves to be weaker and smaller than their peers. The Asian sector had the highest percentage of those who desired weight gain followed closely by the African-American group (62). Ironically, the largest percentage of athletes who desired weight gain was not those who participated in football, rugby, wrestling, or other highly physical sports. But, instead the highest percentage were those who participated in baseball and basketball followed closely by track and field athletes (65). Unfortunately, not all men realize or acknowledge the consequences of steroid abuse. For example, in the study described above, only 33.7% of the poll said they never used anabolic steroids due to health concerns. 38.0% overall said they do not want to see the use of anabolic steroids stopped in sports. These facts are startling, considering the obvious health hazards (Bamberger 66). In a study at the community college level, 1185 total students were sampled randomly, representing 106 California community colleges. Of the 106 colleges, 99 had athletic teams. Of those in his study, 38(3.3%) people said they used anabolic steroids. 34 of those were male and four were female. Furthermore, of those who were sampled, 18(47.4%) said they had used more than one anabolic steroid at a time, a practice often called "stacking"(Bamberger 67). In addition, 20(59%) of the users said they obtained steroids through illegal means, primarily through coaches and friends.
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Title: Steriods
Words: 1946
Rating: None
Pages: 7.8
submitted by: d15p2003
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