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Men warned not to use steroids to achieve Love Island-style body – Sky News, Sky.com

Men warned not to use steroids to achieve Love Island-style body – Sky News, Sky.com


             

With Love Island back on our screens, young men are being warned not to resort to steroids in their bid to emulate the “ripped” physiques they see on TV.

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) has timed a new report on the dangers of image and performance enhancing drugs (IPEDs) to coincide with the popular reality show, which kicked offanother serieslast week,

The organization is concerned that the bodies promoted on such programs and social media, coupled with the struggles people have to stick to new year gym regimes and diets, could make the drugs enticing.

  

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        Love Island and its immaculately-toned physiques returned this month. Pic: ITV PLC      

Chief Executive Nicole Sapstead said: “Young men are being bombarded with imagery of the ideal sculpted body on social media and through high-profile television programs.

” **, “however, not everyone has the motivation or in fact the physiology to achieve this body type through exercise and healthy eating – and some of these individuals may feel that using IPEDs, and any steroids in particular, is the only or fastest way to achieve their goal. “

According to a (survey on IPEDs, ******************************************************************************************************************************************% of people who took them did so for body image or cosmetic reasons.

The most common demographic for steroid use was males aged between 24 and .

And in 2020, research for UKAD’s Clean Sport Week scheme found that a third (

************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (%) of UK gym users knew other members who took the drugs, with nearly a sixth ((**************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************%) knowing someone who suffered from the effects.

Some (*********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************% confirmed they had taken an IPED at some point, with a quarter of that number (28%) still using.

The new report says the most commonly used IPEDs include testosterone , nandrolone and stanozolol.

These anabolic steroids can lead to potentially dangerous medical conditions such as heart attack, stroke, liver and kidney failure, high blood pressure and blood clots, the report warns.

It is not illegal to have the class C drugs for personal use, but a prescription is needed to buy them.

However, they are further being sold with no regulation online.

  

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        Some people told UKAD they used social media to arrange buying the drugs      

UKAD chair Trevor Pearce said: “The increasing availability and ease of acquiring anabolic steroids via social media and the internet is extremely alarming.

” UKAD has recently spoken to several individuals who obtain anabolic steroids via Facebook or WhatsApp. “

He added:” This highlights the need for a greater multi-agency approach between government, anti-doping agencies, law enforcement, public health bodies, educational institutions, sports and social media companies, to look at the current landscape around the illicit trade in IPEDs, and ultimately increase action to tackle this problem. “

    

        

              

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Last year, nutritionists

hit out at social media platforms such as Instagramfor contributing to a rise in eating disorders, including anorexia, as people sought to improve their body image by dieting.

Some accounts were accused of fueling a mental health condition called orthorexia, which is when someone becomes obsessed with eating healthily to the point where they can become dangerously ill.

In September , Instagram and Facebook imposed age restrictions on content aboutdiet products and plastic surgerydeemed potentially dangerous to those seeking quick body fixes.

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