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ArticleNutrients2025

Prevalence and Correlates of Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Use in Australian Adolescents.

Dominic Byatt, Kay Bussey, Tim Croft, Nora Trompeter, Deborah Mitchison

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Article in Nutrients, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Dominic ByattBody Image and Eating Network, Discipline of Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Health, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, P.O. Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia.
Kay BusseyLifespan Health and Wellbeing Research Centre, School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, 2109, Australia.
Tim CroftGraduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, 2007, Australia.
Nora TrompeterPopulation, Policy and Practice Research and Teaching Department, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, WC1N 1EH, UK.
Deborah MitchisonBody Image and Eating Network, Discipline of Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Health, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, P.O. Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWithin recent years, there has been a notable lack of research examining the factors associated with adolescent use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AASs) in Australia, meaning information regarding risk factors of Australian adolescent AAS use is outdated and potentially inaccurate.

methodsTo address this omission, the present study examined the prevalence and correlates of adolescent (aged 11 to 19 years) AAS use within the EveryBODY study, a large-scale representative survey of adolescents' disordered eating behaviours and body image concerns, involving 5071 adolescents across thirteen schools within the Sydney and Newcastle/Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.

resultsA total of 1.1% of adolescents reported lifetime use of AAS to increase muscularity. In univariate analyses, increased prevalence of AAS use was associated with male sex (

conclusionsPositive correlations between disordered eating and weight and shape concerns with AAS use suggests that adolescent AAS use may be conceptualised within the spectra of disordered eating among youth. These findings provide clinicians, carers, and educators with prototypical factors that should assist in the screening of adolescent AAS use to facilitate early intervention.

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Adolescent BehaviorAnabolic AgentsAndrogensSubstance-Related DisordersTestosterone CongenersAdolescentAustraliaBody ImageChildFeeding and Eating DisordersFemaleHumansMaleNew South WalesPrevalenceRisk FactorsAnabolic AgentsAndrogensTestosterone Congenersadolescentsanabolic–androgenic steroidsbody imagemuscularitypurging

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