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Number Of People Hospitalised For Steroid Use Doubles

There are calls for more action to tackle body image issues among young men. It's after new figures...
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10:13 AM - 3 Dec 2018



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Number Of People Hospitalised For Steroid Use Doubles

TodayFM
TodayFM

10:13 AM - 3 Dec 2018



There are calls for more action to tackle body image issues among young men.

It's after new figures showing they make up the majority of those hospitalised for using steroids.

It's more than doubled from 174 in 2011 to 398 last year, according to the Times Ireland edition.

The rise is partly being blamed on more men suffering from "bigorexia" where they see themselves as being less muscular than they actually are.



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