Friday, November 30, 2012

Men and boys obsessed with body image..

I was reading this article which says middle school boys have become obsessed with body image and body building. Just as girls harm themselves trying to eat next to nothing to be skinny, pediatricians worry that boys who chase the image of manhood may end up stunting their development.

These little boys are now playing with supplements and anabolic steroids .

"The problem with supplements is they’re not regulated like drugs, so it’s very hard to know what’s in them,” says Dr. Bhasin, professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and chief of endocrinology, diabetes and nutrition at Boston Medical Center.



Read on ... http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/19/he...?ref=nutrition






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