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Is competitive body-building pathological? Survey of 984 male strength trainers

OBJECTIVES: Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of individuals worldwide engage in competitive body-building. Body-building often attracts derogatory characterisations such as as ‘bizarre’ or ‘narcissistic,’ or a ‘freak show’, seemingly implying that it is associated with pathology. Few studies...

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Autores principales: Steele, Ian, Pope, Harrison, Ip, Eric J, Barnett, Mitchell J, Kanayama, Gen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7223260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32419952
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2019-000708