According to researchers at the University of Minnesota, unhealthy weight control behaviors and steroid use in teens are commonly associated with participation in sports with real or perceived weight specifications.

It is worth noting here that anabolic androgenic steroids that are synthetic derivatives of the male hormone, testosterone, are used by professional sportsmen for enhancing the levels of body strength and muscle mass besides improving the level of performance over a continuing period of time.

From Sciencedaily.com:

“It is encouraging to see that the majority of young people who reported using steroids in 1999 stopped using them as they got older,” said Patricia van den Berg, Ph.D., lead author of the study from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. “But even given this decline, between one and three in 100 teens still reported using steroids within the last year when asked again 5 years later.”

Researchers conducted the longitudinal study with more than 2,000 adolescents to examine changes in eating patterns, weight, physical activity, and related factors over five years. Participants completed two surveys, one in 1999 and one in 2004, to determine if there were changes in steroid use.

Overall, 1.7 percent of boys and 1.4 percent of girls between the ages of 15 and 23 reported steroid use in 2004. Those that reported use early on were 4 to 10 times more likely to use later in life.

Marla Eisenberg, Sc.D., M.P.H., assistant professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School Department of Pediatrics, remarked that the association between weight-related sports and unhealthy weight-control behaviors is concerning.

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