One in five elite male athletes suffers from body-image problems, according to a study released Friday. But unlike girls and women, who often think they're heavier than they should be, these men felt they didn't weigh enough.
"Some male athletes see pictures in men's fitness magazines of big, extremely muscular men and feel that they don't measure up," Jennifer Carter, a psychologist at Ohio State University, said in a news release.
Carter's pilot survey, the results of which were released Friday at the American Psychological Association's annual meeting in Toronto, found that the men surveyed wanted to gain an average of 3.2 pounds.
Aside from being bad for self- confidence, dissatisfaction with body image could lead men to use potentially dangerous performance-enhancing drugs, the study said.
Believe it or not, it's true. It's just not studied enough, I think, because GNC and Vitamin World, and all those online supplement shops, are making billions off of the misery of men. Trust me . . .
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