How Common Is Steroid Use in Bodybuilding? 3 Percent of People and 6 Percent of Men Worldwide Report Lifetime Use - and About One in Six Female Bodybuilders, Twelve Times the Gym-User Rate
3 days ago
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Ask how common steroid use is in bodybuilding and the answers range from "everyone" to "hardly anyone," depending on who is asked and what they stand to lose by answering. The research question is narrower and more useful: across the studies that have actually surveyed people, what fraction of the general population, of men, of women and of competitive bodybuilders report ever having used anabolic-androgenic steroids? Two syntheses, one global and one specific to women, give the numbers.
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