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COVID-19, Public Health Strategies and Post Pandemic AAS/Androgen Use: A Commentary/Short Communication

Acta Facultatis Educationis Physicae Universitatis Comenianae

Volume 62 (2022): Issue 1 (May 2022)

By: Philippe Crisp and Jamie Sims

Open Access

|May 2022

Abstract

In this commentary/short communication we summarize many recent developments related to public health strategies for COVID-19. At this time, there are a wide range of emerging themes post various lockdown measures that have been reported, such as increased exercise, increased drug use, and various associated declines in mental health and other deleterious effects on eating behaviour patterns. Aligned to this, AAS/Androgen use has increased during and post-lockdowns and we posit, in the context of the aforementioned additional risks that have been reported, that future public health strategies need to demonstrate awareness of increased risk that they (AAS/Androgens) present at this time.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/afepuc-2022-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2585-8777 (formerly 0520-7371)

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Language: English

Page range: 1 - 7

Published online: May 19, 2022

Published in print: May 1, 2022

Published by: Sciendo

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

Keywords:

Image and Performance Enhancing Drugs,

Disordered Eating,

Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids (AAS) /Androgens

Related subjects:

Sports and recreation,

Physical education,

Sports psychology,

Sociology of sports,

Sports and recreation, other

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Volume 62 (2022): Issue 1 (May 2022)