| Steroid use has become an increasingly
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| | grade group showed increased use with
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| frustrating problem for those in the
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| | 1.4% using in the month prior to the
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| professional sports industry with
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| | survey and 2.5% using in the year prior
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| admissions by major players that steroid
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| | to the survey.This same study shows that
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| use was involved in their lives. Even
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| | gender, race, and cultural beliefs highly
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| more frightening than the widespread
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| | impact the decision of whether or not to
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| abuse of steroids by professional sports
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| | use steroids. The research shows that
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| players is the alarming number of
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| | Caucasian students are more likely to use
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| teenagers and young athletes using
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| | steroids than African Americans,
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| steroids with the belief that they will
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| | Hispanics, or those of other races.
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| help them become faster, stronger, or
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| | Gender also plays a key role in
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| better at performing in athletic
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| | determining who will develop an addiction
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| competitions. People have taken steroids
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| | to steroids or use them at least once.
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| for football, baseball, swimming,
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| | Men use steroids overwhelmingly more than
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| wrestling, weight lifting, running, and
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| | women. In this case, the pressures of the
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| other sports. When the statistics are
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| | gender may contribute to the development
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| reviewed, they show that steroid use is
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| | of this type of addiction. Most women are
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| increasing in this age group, which can
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| | encouraged to be pretty or thin, but men
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| have serious consequences.A study that
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| | are expected to be masculine, strong, and
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| was conducted from 1999 to 2001 shows
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| | physically fit. Many fathers encourage
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| that steroid use among teenagers has been
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| | their sons to participate in athletics,
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| on the rise and gives statistics that
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| | leading their sons to believe that top
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| support that assumption. In 1999, 2.7% of
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| | performance is a must. These young men
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| tenth grade students report having used
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| | then turn to steroids to help them build
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| steroids at least one time in their
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| | muscle mass, run faster, hit the ball
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| lives, while 2.9% of twelfth grade
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| | harder, or have more energy and
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| students reported steroid use. The survey
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| | stamina.The use of anabolic steroids and
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| was repeated in 2001 and showed that the
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| | steroidal supplements is certainly an
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| incidence of steroid use had increased.
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| | issue for student athletes. The best way
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| Tenth grade students reported a 3.5%
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| | to reduce the incidence of steroid use is
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| incidence rate of steroid use, while the
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| | to emphasize natural methods of bulking
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| use of steroids by twelfth-graders
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| | up and performing better such as
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| increased to 4%. The same study surveyed
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| | cardiovascular exercise, weight bearing
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| the sample of students and asked how
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| | exercises, and a healthy diet. With this
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| frequently their steroid use occurred. In
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| | type of positive encouragement, students
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| the tenth grade group, 1.0% had used
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| | may feel less pressure to perform well
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| steroids within the month preceding the
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| | and avoid using steroids as a means of
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| survey and 2.2% had used steroids within
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| | performance enhancement.
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| a year preceding the survey. The twelfth
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