Steroids Sports And Body Image

Author : Judy Monroe
Publisher : Enslow Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780766021600
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Steroids, Sports, and Body Image written by Judy Monroe and published by Enslow Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anabolic steroids are powerful drugs that can increase strength and body weight quickly. They are illegal without a doctor's prescription and are banned from athletics. Steroid use puts athletes at risk of being thrown out of competition, and it can cause a multitude of health problems -- even death. Despite the dangers, many people -- both men and women -- use steroids to achieve an ideal body or success in sports. In Steroids, Sports, and Body Image: The Risks of Performance-Enhancing Drugs, author Judy Monroe describes what steroids are, how they work, and why people misuse them. She highlights the disastrous effects of steroid use and steps that have been taken to curb it. And she offers an alternative for young people -- drug-free training tips to help them achieve athletic success in a healthy way. Book jacket.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Restoring Faith in America's Pastime: Examining the use of steroids by young women to enhance athletic performance and body image written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Canada. Health Canada
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Steroids and Body Image Project written by Canada. Health Canada and published by . This book was released on 1997* with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jeff Rutstein
Publisher : Custom Fitness Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 0976017024
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Steroid Deceit written by Jeff Rutstein and published by Custom Fitness Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2005-07 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ask Vest Christiansen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000070131
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gym Culture, Identity and Performance-Enhancing Drugs written by Ask Vest Christiansen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-27 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about gym culture, the pursuit of fit, muscular bodies and the use of drugs as a means to get there. Building on the international research literature and in-depth interviews with men who have experience of image and performance enhancing drugs (IPEDs), the book explores the fascination with muscles, motivations for using drugs to enhance them, assessments of risks, and experience of side effects. The book examines what the altered body does to the men’s identity, self-image and relationships with peers and partners. Taking an evolutionary psychological approach, it also investigates the biological and psychological foundations of the fascination with the muscular body and discusses the notion of precarious manhood. Building on these analyses the book considers the political and regulatory initiatives in place to prevent the use of IPEDs and assesses those strategies’ potential to reach their aims. This is essential reading for anybody with an interest in the issue of drugs in sport, the ethics of sport, sociology of sport, sociology of the body, masculinity or public health.

Author : Charles Yesalis
Publisher : Human Kinetics Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780880117869
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anabolic Steroids in Sport and Exercise written by Charles Yesalis and published by Human Kinetics Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents research findings on the use and abuse of steroids in sports and exercise, and information on steroid use within professional sports and among Olympic athletes. In addition, information on drug use among international student athletes, adolescents and body builders is explored.

Author : Matthew Hall
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137535350
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chemically Modified Bodies written by Matthew Hall and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative edited collection brings together leading international academics to explore the use of various non-prescription and prescription substances for the purpose of perceived body image enhancement. While studies on drug misuse to date have examined drug use in the context of sporting performance, addiction, and body image for particular groups such as bodybuilders, there has been little research that explores the wider use (and misuse) of legal and illegal drugs for body image development and weight loss. With medical sociology and social psychology at its core, this important volume shows the complex reasons behind the misuse of various medications, how these are connected to contemporary body image and appearance concerns, and why the known health risks and possibly harmful side effects do not act as deterrents.

Author : Harrison Pope
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0684869101
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Adonis Complex written by Harrison Pope and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing numbers of young men are taking the quest for perfect muscles, skin and hair too far, crossing the line from normal interest to pathological obsession. For the first time, three of the world's leading authorities on men help us to understand and combat the frightening set of compulsive behaviours that make up the Adonis Complex. Combining colourful case studies with scientific research, they reveal a threat that is as serious as the beauty myth for women or anorexia nervosa for girls. The symptoms of this dangerous body obsession, excessive workouts, steroid abuse, eating disorders and body and muscle dysmorphic disorder (distorted body perception), lead to problems with sex and intimacy, relationships and work. In teenagers, the Adonis Complex can interfere with healthy emotional and physical development. Until now, frank discussion of this problem has been virtually taboo. At last we can hear what men really think and feel about their bodies, so that those who suffer in silence will no longer need to suffer alone.

Author : Aaron Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351029320
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs and Substances written by Aaron Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-18 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the pursuit of more muscle, enhanced strength, sustained endurance and idealised physiques, an increasing number of elite athletes, recreational sport enthusiasts and body-conscious gym-users are turning to performance and image enhancing drugs and substances (PIEDS). In many instances, such use occurs with little regard for the health, social and economic consequences. This book presents a nuanced, evidence-based examination of PIEDS. It provides a classification of PIEDS types, physical impacts, rates of use, user profiles, legal and sporting status, and remedial program interventions, covering both elite and recreational use. It offers the perfect guide to assist students, government policy makers and sport managers in understanding the complex issues surrounding PIEDS consumption.

Author : Tom Davis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781422304716
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eradicating Steroid Use written by Tom Davis and published by . This book was released on 2006-03-01 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witnesses: Dr. Diane Elliot, prof. of med., Oregon Health & Science Univ.; Dr. Todd Schlifstein, clinical instructor, NYU School of Med.; Dr. Harrison Pope, prof. of psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA; Dr. Charles Yesalis, prof. of health policy & admin., the Pennsylvania State Univ.; Dr. Avery Faigenbaum, prof. of health & exercise science, the College of N.J.; Kelli White, former World Champion sprinter; & Mari Holden, Olympian & World Champion cyclist. Also includes letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record. Charts & tables.