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A study from the University of Toronto suggests numbers of young people are obsessed with the size of their muscles. This obsession is a mental health condition muscle dysmorphia, also as "bigorexia". Kara Becker, a certified eating disorder therapist, to the HuffPost website about the affliction. She said: "Bigorexia is a psychological condition…which a distorted self-image that specifically on muscle size and physical appearance." Sufferers can extreme distress over their perceived lack of muscularity. Bigorexia can even those who out regularly and have the physique of a bodybuilder.

Researchers said muscle dysmorphia was in teenagers and people in their twenties. The study that up to a quarter of men and 10 per cent of women in their research could from bigorexia. Ms Becker said a variety of factors can young people to about their body shape. She said: "People with low self-esteem, perfectionism, or obsessive-compulsive tendencies are more vulnerable to this disorder." Social media may a factor in the problem. Youngsters can overwhelmed with images of people with the "perfect" body. Another cause may the aggressive marketing of muscle-building supplements and anabolic steroids.