What’s the cost of a perfect body? For some young Australian men, it could be lifelong liver damage. 

Under-regulated and readily available straight off the shelf, bodybuilding supplements are being consumed in growing numbers by adolescent males. But many of them haven’t been tested on teenage bodies, and no one knows the true extent of what the damage may be. 

In part one of our two-part series Hulk Pressure, Harry Sekulich investigates supplements, male body image, and the hidden toll this is taking on young men. 

The Yarn is produced at the Centre for Advancing Journalism, at the University of Melbourne.  

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