Muscle mania and the cult of masculinity - When the body becomes an obsession

Until recently, the use of anabolic steroids was the privilege of elite athletes. But the use of performance-enhancing drugs among young men has now reached alarming proportions. A powerful documentary about a phenomenon that’s increasingly alarming: young men’s fixation on the perfect body, and...

50 min - Health & the Body - DW Documentary

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