Anabolic steroid use - body image issues and the pursuit of a muscular physique

Send us a textGrab your trainers, your dog lead, your gardening clothes or a cuppa and join us for some free CPD as we have another relaxed round up of recent Red Whale primary care Pearls of wisdom.  In the first of two episodes this month, Fiona and Nik discuss: Anabolic steroid use. Body image concerns and pursuing an increasingly muscular appearance is becoming a growing issue, particularly for men and boys. Nature… so important that we should prescribe it? Yes! Special guest Hussain Al-Zubaidi joins us to talk about the power of nature and green social prescribing in transforming patient health.Listen as soon as you can to ensure you have full access to all the free resources. The rest of the Pearls from March will be covered next week along with a new best intentions story to put a smile on your face.Anabolic steroid useBJGP 2015;65:626 BJGP 2024;74(741):187 BMJ 10-minute consultation (BMJ 2016;355:i5023) Green social prescribingThe National Academy for Social Prescribing:Full toolkit on green social prescribing RCGP - parkrun practice initiative VideosRed Whale Knowledge - green social prescribing Send us your feedback [email protected] or send a voice message Sign up to receive Pearls here. Pearls are available for 3 months from publish date. After this, you can get access them plus 100s more articles when you buy a one-day online course from Red Whale OR sign up to Red Whale Unlimited.  Find out more here. Follow us:  Facebook, Instagram, LinkedInDisclaimer: We make every effort to ensure the information in this podcast is accurate and correct at the date of publication, but it is of necessity of a brief and general nature, and this should not replace your own good clinical judgement, or be regarded as a substitute for taking professional advice in appropriate circumstances. In particular, check drug doses, side-effects and interactions with the British National Formulary. Save insofar as any such liability cannot be excluded at law, we do not accept any liability for loss of any type caused by reliance on the information in this podcast.