Transcript Choose an icon such as a music star, athlete, or movie star, and

Focus: Students will identify how steroids work.
Goal: To understand why steroids are used for medicine.
Standard: NHES: #1 – Health Promotion
Warm-Up: Interview your peers. Write their answer
down in your notebook.
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What does anabolic mean?
What does androgenic mean?
What does the nucleus of a cell do?
Create your own critical thinking question.
Notes:
1. Anabolic steroids were developed in the
1930’s to treat rare diseases in males
(low testosterone levels).
2. Steroids were also used to treat certain
types of anemia and kidney problems.
3. They are also helpful in treating severe
burns and some types of breast cancer.
4. There are still side effects using any
type of steroids.
5. Doctors prescribe the lowest dose
possible that helps patients.
6. The dose to build muscle for
athletes are much higher than
needed for regular medical patients.
Richard Sandrak
aka “Little Hercules”
• Is little Hercules on steroids? Doctors suggested
that he must have used artificial enhancement to
build muscle at the age of 6.
Age 6 years old
Age 21 in 2011
7. Blood tests (routine) will not detect
much of the short-term damage
until it is too late and permanent
damage has occurred.
8. Since 80% of the steroids are used
by athletes are from illegal sources,
users have no idea what they are
really getting.
Famous and busted for steroids
50 cent
Mary J Blige
Lance Armstrong
Sylvester Stallone
Jason Giambi
Timbaland
Group Work
Choose an icon such as a music star, athlete, or
movie star, and debate with your peers whether or
not they are using steroids. Answer the questions
below.
• How does it make you feel knowing they use
steroids?
• Would you continue to idolize this person and why?
• If you could get in contact with this idol, what
would you say to them about their steroid use?