There's a lot going on with our children that we don't understand and most adults don't have a clue. Too One major finding in this week's survey is that use among middle-school girls was almost as prevalent as it was among boys. Steroid use was reported by 2.8 percent of boys and 2.6 percent of girls. Until recently, surveys of high-school students have found steroid use more common among boys than among girls. The numbers for boys were twice as high.
Steroids blast the fat away and act as a body-shaper.
Goldberg says muscle-bound role models like Madonna push girls to try to bulk up unnaturally and that advertising is partly to blame for society's overly accepting attitude toward steroids. That's the image of steroids. People don't think they're a risk, but they are dead wrong. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved.