THE MEANINGS ATTRIBUTED TO THE BODY BY TEENS MALE ENTHUSIASTS OF GYM

Authors

  • VERA LÚCIA MENDES TRABBOLD

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/polemica.2010.2796

Abstract

The objective of this research is to understand the meanings attributed to the body by male adolescent enthusiasts of gym in the city of Montes Claros – MG, Brazil, acting as motivating factors for the practice of physical training and for a possible consumption of energetic and / or anabolic substances. The results indicate that the male adolescents surveyed were dissatisfied with their body image, which makes them seek for body building in gyms to increase muscle mass in the new contemporary ideal of beauty, although they conceal this fact. This aesthetic ideal, produced and disseminated by the media in such a powerful way, causes an increasing number of young people to put at risk their physical and mental health through the use of anabolic and / or energetic substances in order to achieve quick muscle gain.

Keywords: Male adolescents, body dissatisfaction, bodybuilding, anabolic substances, energetic supplements.

Author Biography

VERA LÚCIA MENDES TRABBOLD

Mestre pela Faculdade de Medicina da UFMG Pesquisadora do Grupo de Pesquisa e Estudo em Gênero e Violência da Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros- Unimontes/MG

Published

2012-03-27

How to Cite

TRABBOLD, V. L. M. (2012). THE MEANINGS ATTRIBUTED TO THE BODY BY TEENS MALE ENTHUSIASTS OF GYM. POLÊM!CA, 9(3), 89 a 97. https://doi.org/10.12957/polemica.2010.2796

Issue

Section

DESENVOLVIMENTO HUMANO