Consumption of Muscle Building Supplements among Young Male Adolescents

Abstract

Artificial means of muscle building is a trend among young males. As the new generation is full of excitement, energy and vibrancy every male especially the young boys, wants to attain the muscular body and attractive looks. The trend of consuming muscle building supplements is more common in adolescent boys as they are growing and are in such a phase of life that they want to impress and attract everyone towards them. Adolescents are now aware of the most effective and commonly used bodybuilding supplements which are anabolic steroids, whey proteins, creatine and many others. There gym instructors or trainers advice those to take gym body building supplements and other supplements to enhance performance and to gain mass quickly. The article draws attention to the emerging trends of consuming the muscle building supplements among young male adolescents, the hazards and benefits of using it and also how much importance they give to their appearance. This research has been fueled both by concern about the effects of poor body image in children and adolescents themselves and by the assumption that body dissatisfaction during childhood and adolescence creates risk for the development of body image and eating disturbances as well as depression in adulthood.