THAT IS COMING UP.
WHY YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A PRO
TO TAKE A SPIN ON THIS TRACK.
>> MY FIRST NIGHT OUT TEENAGE
ATHLETES TAKING DANGEROUS
SHORTCUTS TO MATCH GOLD-MEDA
>>
>> ARE TEENAGERS TAKING
STEROIDS IN THE HOPE OF
SCULPTING IN GOLD-MEDAL BODY?
> THEY'RE UNDER PRESSURE TO
EXCEL AND WANT TO DO WHATEVER
THEY CAN TO GET AN EDGE ON YOU
KNOW THEIR COMPETITION.
>> BUT WE INVESTIGATE WHAT KIDS
ARE TAKING, WHERE THEY GET IT
AND WHAT PARENTS NEED TO KNOW.
>> IT IS JUST SO DANGEROUS.
PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING DRUGS OF
COURSE A BIG ISSUE IN AMATEUR
SPORTS.
ULTIMATELY THE REASON MANY
RUSSIAN ATHLETES WERE BANNED
FROM THE SUMMER OLYMPICS.
TO MAKE AND THE APOLOGIST OF
AFFECT OLYMPIC ATHLETES.
AS WE INVESTIGATE, TEENAGERS
USING STIMULANTS.
>> THEY LOOK LIKE GREEK GODS,
LIMBIC ATHLETES BUT THEY HAVE
NEAR PERFECT BODY.
TONIGHT THEY WANT FROM THE
MEDICAL COMMUNITY.
THE TEENAGERS ARE TAKING
DANGEROUS SHORTCUTS TO TRY AND
CHANGE THE WAY THEY LOOK.
>> THEY ARE BIGGER THAN LIFE,
OLYMPIC ATHLETES.
RUNNING, JUMPING, OR SWIMMING.
THEY ARE STRONG AND SLENDER.
KIDS SEE IT AND WANTED AND ARE
WILLING TO TAKE RISKY
UNREGULATED SUPPLEMENTS TO
BOOST THEIR LOOKS ACCORDING TO
A WARNING IN THE AMERICAN
ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO
PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL SOCIETY,
THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM.
YOU ARE HEARING FROM DOCTORS IN
THE REAL WORLD THE KIDS ARE
COMING IN WITH REAL PROBLEMS.
AND YOU DO NEED TO PICK UP YOU
HADN'T PAY ATTENTION.
TO MAKE RESEARCH SHOWS BOYS ARE
GOING FROM PRINTING
SUPPLEMENTS, CAFFEINE AND
CREATINE ARE GIRLS INGESTING
NONPRESCRIPTION WEIGHT-LOSS
PILLS AND POWDERS.
OVER-THE-COUNTER SUPPLEMENTS
ARE NOT REGULATED.
AND MANY HAVE BEEN FOUND TO
MERCURY.
AND AMPHETAMINES WHICH CAUSED
CARDIOVASCULAR HEART PROBLEMS.
>> THEY HAVE A LOT OF PRESSURE
TO EXCEL, THERE ARE SO MANY
TRAVEL SPORTS THESE DAYS AND
THEY WANT TO DO WHATEVER THEY
CAN TO GET AN EDGE ON YOU KNOW
THEIR COMPETITION.
>> LOCAL PARENTS ARE WELL AWARE
OF THE PRESSURES ON KIDS.
BLASTED WITH IMAGES OF PERFECT
BODIES ON T.V. AND SOCIAL
MEDIA.
MOST ARE NOT AWARE SO MANY KIDS
ARE TAKING SUPPLEMENTS TO TRY
AND CHANGE THEIR OWN BODIES.
YOU MAKE IF THEY'RE STUPID
ENOUGH TO BITE AND STRIKE IT
THEN SHAME ON THEM. MEAN I
JUST CAN'T IMAGINE KIDS TODAY
NOT REALIZING THINGS LIKE THAT
ARE NOT GOOD FOR THEM.
CONNECT TELLING US UNSUPERVISED
TEENAGERS BUYING SUPPLEMENTS IS
RISKY.
>> YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE
SOMETHING THAT WILL HARM YOUR
BODY.
I AM LEERY ABOUT THAT STUFF.
MAKE THERE IS NO AGENT TO BUY
SUPPLEMENTS.
SO THERE IS NOTHING TO STOP
THEM FROM LOADING UP.
BUT HERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS.
WHEN THE DEFENDER STOPPED BY
LOCAL SHOPS WITH HIDDEN CAMERAS
TO ASK ABOUT BUYING SUPPLEMENTS
HAPPENED.
NEEDED.
NONE OF THAT AGE.
>> ONLY SO WHAT THEY NEED NOT
>>.
[INDISCERNABLE]
>> WE WERE ADVISED NOT TO LET
TEENAGERS TAKE SUPPLEMENTS TO
LOSE WEIGHT OR TO BULK UP.
>> FRANKLY EATING LESS AND
EXERCISING MORE IS THE BEST WAY
TO A GOOD FIGURE AND HEALTH.
CONNECT DOCTORS SAY WITH
TEENAGERS, SUPPLEMENTS USUALLY
DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD.
STEROIDS CAN CAUSE ACNE AND
COMING OFF OF THEM CAN CAUSE
DEPRESSION AND LEAD TO SUICIDE.
DOCTORS SAY PARENTS SHOULD USE
THESE FINDINGS TO EDUCATE THEIR
KIDS.
>> THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF
PEDIATRICS AND OTHER HEALTH
ADVOCATES ARE REALLY STUDYING
THIS AND LOOK AT THEIR PATIENTS
AND TALK TO THE PROVIDERS.
ABUSING THESE.
BASICALLY TAPING TOO MUCH TO
THE POINT THAT IS CAUSING
HEALTH AND MENTAL SIDE EFFECTS.
IT IS REALLY NOT GOOD.
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