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David Price to join us at our PLAY Event in Tampa this Saturday

22-May-2013 by THF in Hoot's Corner, Press Releases | Leave a comment

David Price, Rays Athletic Training Staff, and the Taylor Hooton Foundation to educate local Tampa Bay area youth about the Importance of Leading Healthy and Active Lives

WHAT: 2013 national PLAY Campaign event to be hosted by the Tampa Bay Rays

PLAY, which stands for Promoting a Lifetime of Activity for Youth, is a national public awareness campaign of the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society (PBATS), in conjunction with the Taylor Hooton Foundation and MLB Charities.… Continue Reading…

ALL schoolchildren should be taught about steroid dangers

20-May-2013 by THF in Hoot's Corner | Leave a comment

This message delivered by the president of the World Anti Doping Agency is at the heart of our message – our kids need to be educated about the dangers of appearance and performance enhancing drugs.  Few of our children are being talked to about these drugs.

Don

The World Anti-Doping Agency has called for every Australian school student to be taught about the dangers of performance-enhancing drugs, saying children are putting their health at risk by taking steroids and sports supplements.… Continue Reading…

Death caused by steroids

15-May-2013 by THF in Hoot's Corner | Leave a comment

Juan Manuel Matos was the latest victim of the dream of becoming a Major League Baseball player in the city of Nizao, Peravia Dominican Republic.… Continue Reading…

Survey: Public unaware of level of PED use in schools

3-May-2013 by THF in Hoot's Corner | Leave a comment

MLB.COM

NEW YORK — Nine out of 10 Americans can tell you that illegal steroid usage is a major problem. But most of them believe that the epidemic begins and ends in professional sports without considering the rest of society.

That finding, controversial though it may seem, was the main conclusion from the first survey designed to measure the public perception of illegal steroid use in the United States.… Continue Reading…

Study: Adults minimize steroid use as problem

3-May-2013 by THF in Hoot's Corner | Leave a comment
Don Hooton, president of the Taylor Hooton Foundation (THF), speaks during a press conference announcing the release of a national survey on steroid abuse, Thursday, May 2, 2013 in New York. The 2013 study, titled "The Public's Perception of Illegal Steroid Use," received support from the THF, founded following the loss of his 17-year-old son Taylor to steroid abuse in 2004. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Don Hooton, president of the Taylor Hooton Foundation (THF), speaks during a press conference announcing the release of a national survey on steroid abuse, Thursday, May 2

 

NEW YORK (AP) — American adults rank steroid use among adolescents as less of a problem than alcohol, bullying, marijuana and sexually transmitted diseases, according to a study released Thursday that was co-commissioned by baseball’s Hall of Fame.

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Press Release: Nat’l Survey Reveals American Population Places Little Emphasis on Steroid Use Among High School Students

2-May-2013 by THF in Hoot's Corner, Press Releases | Leave a comment

Taylor Hooton Foundation, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, PBATS Join inCollaborative Study with UMass-Boston on Report on Steroid Use of High School Youth

(NEW YORK) – Ninety-seven percent of the American public believes that negative health effects existfrom using steroids, yet only nineteen percent believe that steroid use is a big problem among high schoolstudents, according to a groundbreaking national study announced today in New York City.… Continue Reading…

THF to announce results of National Survey This Week

27-Apr-2013 by THF in Hoot's Corner | Leave a comment

AUG. 18, 2005, FILE PHOTO

Anti-steroid crusader Don Hooton to unveil results of study on steroid abuse among teenagers

Hooton will be in New York on Thursday to unveil the results of a national survey funded by the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society and his foundation on steroid use among young people.… Continue Reading…

Steroids, the NCAA, and human expectations

5-Mar-2013 by THF in Hoot's Corner | Leave a comment

Travis Smith, a Senior at Trinity University, has written an excellent opinion piece that we should all read.  He speaks to the unreasonable expectations that the fans place on athletes. Expectations that drive the use of Appearance and Performance Enhancing Drug use within collegiate sports.

Don

America and apple pie, Duke and K-Ville, steroids and baseball.… Continue Reading…

Donald Hooton warns Denison students about steroid dangers

5-Mar-2013 by THF in Hoot's Corner | Leave a comment

Donald Hooton cites a recent Minnesota University study when he says that, "5-6 percent of middle school and high school boys and 4-5 percent of high school girls are using anabolic steroids…That's over a million and a half kids."

He is not the least bit surprised. "So many of our kids today are pressured by body image to look better.… Continue Reading…

Don Hooton named Top 100 Most Influential Sports Educators in America

14-Feb-2013 by THF in Hoot's Corner | 2 Comments

The Taylor Hooton Foundation is proud to share the news that our President, Don Hooton, has been named on of the Top 100 Most Influential Sports Educators in America by the Institute for International Sport.

Upon being notified of this recognition, Hooton commented, “This award is a reflection of the work that our entire team does at the Taylor Hooton Foundation.  To date, our education programs have directly reached more than 500,000 people and millions more indirectly.  But, our work has just begun.  The epidemic of steroid use by our youth continues to grow – we have millions more to reach.”

The Institute for International Sport (IIS) was founded in 1986 by Daniel E.… Continue Reading…

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