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Student Anabolic Steroid Statistics

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



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