WHO On Doping In Sports: Now A Public Health Matter

use of performance enhancing drugs, or doping, is a public health issue, not a sporting problem, as had been previously thought.“If we believe that around 3% of high school boys in the U.S. are taking a steroid or growth hormone, then that’s a public health issue,” said Dr. Timothy Armstrong of the“Substance abuse in any shape or form has a physical and mental health aspect to it. The WHO, being the...

Doping Is Now A Public Health Issue, Conference Told

Doping - using drug or blood products to improve athletic performance - has now become a public health problem, and not just a sporting one, experts explained at an anti-doping conference organized by the Arne Ljungqvist Foundation.Dr. Timothy Armstrong, who works at WHO (World Health Organization) explained that about 3% of high school boys in America regularly take growth hormones or steroids. This...