Vigorexia, o distúrbio ‘das academias’ que leva ao desejo de ter corpo cada vez maior

<h1 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name headline" style="border: 0px; font-family: Montserrat; font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.28571;">Athar Ahmad, Nicholas Rotherham e Divya Talwar</span></h1> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4487048756523483885" itemprop="description articleBody" style="border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 798px; z-index: 0;"> <div class="byline" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 16px; margin: 16px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="byline__title" style="border: 0px; color: #5a5a5a; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.28571; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><span class="byline__title" style="border: 0px; color: #5a5a5a; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.875rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.28571; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="BBC" class="js-image-replace" height="351" src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/ws/660/amz/worldservice/live/assets/images/2015/09/21/150921121543_vigorexia_pradeep__624x351_bbc_nocredit.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; -webkit-user-select: none; background-color: #111111; border: 0px; color: #bdbdbd; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline; width: 645.78125px;" width="624" /></span></div> <div class="story-body__inner" property="articleBody" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #404040; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px 53.765625px 0px auto; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width lead" style="background-color: #111111; border: 0px; clear: both; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 32px -54.21875px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><figcaption class="media-caption" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible;"><span class="off-screen" style="border: 0px !important; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 1px !important; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px !important;">Image caption</span><span class="media-caption__text" style="border: 0px; color: #ececec; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.8125rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.23077; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pradeep Bala diz que a vigorexia o faz ser extremamente crítico com seu físico</span></figcaption></figure><div class="story-body__introduction" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 28px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> A primeira palavra que vem à mente quando se está diante de Pradeep Bala é "grande". O indiano de 25 anos tem braços enormes, ombros largos e um grande peitoral. Mas ele não está feliz com seu tamanho.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Sua obsessão em conseguir o corpo "perfeito" é, na verdade, um distúrbio de ansiedade pouco conhecido: a vigorexia. Formalmente conhecido como "dismorfia muscular", também é descrito às vezes como uma anorexia ao contrário.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Ele se caracteriza por uma incompatibilidade entre o corpo de uma pessoa e a imagem que ela tem de si mesma. Mesmo sendo grande e musculosa, ela se vê "pequena".</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Para Pradeep, que mora em Londres, no Reino Unido, tudo começou quando ele passou a se comparar aos homens musculosos que ilustram páginas de revistas. "Pensava que, se eles conseguiam ficar assim, eu podia também", diz.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Com 1,70m de altura, ele tem um físico que se encaixaria perfeitamente numa revista de fisiculturismo, mas que considera insuficiente.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Definitivamente, sou pequeno. E costumo ser duro comigo. Digo para mim: 'Qual é o seu problema? Olhe para você. Vire homem'", afirma.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Esse diálogo interno faz com que pouco a pouco eu fique mais ansioso e depressivo."</div> <h2 class="story-body__crosshead" style="border: 0px; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> Distúrbio desconhecido</h2> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> A vigorexia pode afetar homens e mulheres, mas costuma ser mais prevalente entre eles.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Estima-se que um de cada dez homens que frequentam academias no Reino Unido sofra deste problema, que pode levar à depressão, uso de anabolizantes e até mesmo ao suicídio.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> No entanto, muitos casos não vêm a público, segundo Rob Willson, presidente do conselho da Fundação de Distúrbio de Dismorfia Corporal.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Ele diz que esta condição vem se tornando mais frequente, mas que muitas pessoas deixam de ser diagnosticadas, porque o distúrbio ainda é desconhecido.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Temos milhares e milhares de pessoas assim, que se preocupam excessivamente com sua aparência e têm baixa autoestima", afirma Willson.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Esta ansiedade e preocupação em demasia podem deixar alguém deprimido a ponto de levar ao suicídio."</div> <h2 class="story-body__crosshead" style="border: 0px; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> Fora de controle</h2> <figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width" style="background-color: #111111; border: 0px; clear: both; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 24px -24.640625px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="image-and-copyright-container" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="BBC" class="js-image-replace" datasrc="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/ws/320/amz/worldservice/live/assets/images/2015/09/21/150921120456_vigorexia_pradeep_gv_624x351_bbc_nocredit.jpg" height="351" src="http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/ws/624/amz/worldservice/live/assets/images/2015/09/21/150921120456_vigorexia_pradeep_gv_624x351_bbc_nocredit.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; -webkit-user-select: none; border: 0px; color: #bdbdbd; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline; width: 616.203125px;" width="624" /></span><figcaption class="media-caption" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible;"><span class="off-screen" style="border: 0px !important; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 1px !important; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px !important;">Image caption</span><span class="media-caption__text" style="border: 0px; color: #ececec; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.8125rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.23077; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bala deixou de lado sua vida social para dedicar-se a ficar cada vez maior</span></figcaption></figure><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> No caso de Pradeep, começar a malhar e seguir uma dieta rígida fez ele sentir-se ótimo a princípio, mas logo isso saiu do seu controle. Por mais musculoso que ficasse, ele nunca estava satisfeito.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Ele diz ter chegado à conclusão de que tinha vigorexia no fim da adolescência. Mas não foi algo simples.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "No início, não me importei. Não queria acreditar que a vigorexia existia e que tinha esse problema", conta Pradeep.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Foi somente anos depois, ao ver alguns documentários, que eu assumi que tinha algo errado."</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> A vigorexia gerou vários outros problemas em sua vida. "Perdi amigos, porque me isolava, não falava com ninguém, não atendia ligações nem respondia emails. Só acordava, trabalhava, malhava e dormia", diz.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Sentia a necessidade de bloquear qualquer vida social até estar satisfeito o suficiente com meu corpo para ter a autoestima necessária para falar com as pessoas."</div> <h2 class="story-body__crosshead" style="border: 0px; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> Desequilíbrio</h2> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Mas o que causa a vigorexia?</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Sua origem não está clara, mas especialistas acreditam que pode ser uma condição genética ou fruto de um desequilíbrio químico no cérebro.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Experiências de vida também podem ser um fator. A vigorexia pode ser mais comum em pessoas que sofreram abusos ou foram alvo de gozação de colegas durante a infância.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a class="story-body__link" href="http://www.bbc.com/portuguese/noticias/2015/05/150512_dispareunia_dor_sexo_lgb.shtml" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.298039); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Leia também: Dispareunia: quando o sexo se torna um tormento</a></div> <figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width" style="background-color: #111111; border: 0px; clear: both; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 24px -24.640625px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="image-and-copyright-container" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="BBC" class="js-image-replace" datasrc="http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/ws/320/amz/worldservice/live/assets/images/2015/09/21/150921185352_oli_vigorexia_624x351_bbc_nocredit.jpg" height="351" src="http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/ws/624/amz/worldservice/live/assets/images/2015/09/21/150921185352_oli_vigorexia_624x351_bbc_nocredit.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; -webkit-user-select: none; border: 0px; color: #bdbdbd; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline; width: 616.203125px;" width="624" /></span><figcaption class="media-caption" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible;"><span class="off-screen" style="border: 0px !important; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 1px !important; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px !important;">Image caption</span><span class="media-caption__text" style="border: 0px; color: #ececec; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.8125rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.23077; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Oly Loyne usava anabolizantes e morreu após sofrer um terceiro infarto</span></figcaption></figure><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> A mãe de Oli Loyne, Sarah, acredita que ele tornou-se vigoréxico por sua insegurança com sua baixa estatura, de 1,57m.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Ele queria compensar isso tendo o corpo mais largo possível", afirma ela.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Loyne começou a malhar excessivamente e a tomar anabolizantes quando tinha 18 anos. Aos 19, teve dois ataques cardíacos e um derrame. Ele morreu após o terceiro infarto, um ano depois.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Não conseguia mostrar a ele o que estava fazendo com seu corpo. Ele dizia 'Preciso atingir o corpo que vejo na minha mente. Preciso ficar grande'", diz Sarah.</div> <h2 class="story-body__crosshead" style="border: 0px; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> 'Perdi minha casa, a namorada e o emprego'</h2> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> O uso de anabolizantes pode ser um sintoma da vigorexia. Estas drogas podem aumentar o crescimento muscular, mas geram muitos efeitos colaterais, como queda de cabelo, atrofia dos testículos e problemas cardíacos e de fígado.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Willson diz ainda que, hoje, homens são cada vez mais condicionados a pensar que precisam ter determinada aparência para sentirem-se bem-sucedidos, poderosos e atraentes.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Há uma pressão para que sejam musculosos, tenham um físico em formato de 'V' e tenham um abdômen definido."</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Adam Trice, de 31 anos, era um fisiculturista amador obcecado em ficar cada vez maior. Essa busca pelo corpo "perfeito" fez também com estivesse sempre na academia.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="BBC" class="js-image-replace" datasrc="http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/ws/320/amz/worldservice/live/assets/images/2015/09/21/150921185323_adam_vigorexia_624x351_bbc_nocredit.jpg" height="351" src="http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/ws/624/amz/worldservice/live/assets/images/2015/09/21/150921185323_adam_vigorexia_624x351_bbc_nocredit.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; -webkit-user-select: none; background-color: #111111; border: 0px; color: #bdbdbd; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline; width: 616.203125px;" width="624" /></div> <figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width" style="background-color: #111111; border: 0px; clear: both; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 24px -24.640625px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><figcaption class="media-caption" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible;"><span class="off-screen" style="border: 0px !important; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 1px !important; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px !important;">Image caption</span><span class="media-caption__text" style="border: 0px; color: #ececec; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.8125rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.23077; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Adam Trice tentou suicidar-se após ficar deprimido por conta da vigorexia</span></figcaption></figure><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Comecei com 76 kg e com a meta de chegar aos 95 kg. Quando cheguei aos 95 kg, quis chegar aos 105. Depois, aos 120 kg. Você sempre quer algo mais. Seu objetivo vai aumentando", diz ele.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Ele acabou perdendo seu emprego, sua namorada e sua casa. Ficou tão deprimido que tentou se matar.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Estava infeliz. Não tinha paz. Não estava lidando com meu problema e cheguei a um ponto horrível", diz Trice, que foi parar no hospital e obrigado a obter ajuda profissional.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Fiz muita terapia e descobri muitas coisas sobre mim mesmo. Aprendi a gostar de como sou", afirma.</div> <h2 class="story-body__crosshead" style="border: 0px; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> Batalha mental</h2> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Pradeep, que abre esta reportagem, também diz que a vigorexia se transformou numa constante batalha mental.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Ele diz que, nos piores dias, sua autocrítica excessiva o faz pensar que tudo está errado em seu corpo.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Houve diversas vezes que olhei no espelho e fiquei enojado comigo mesmo", conta.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> E diz que, apesar de ter um físico que deixaria alguns com inveja, ele não se sente orgulhoso de seu corpo.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Quando estou na academia, uso um casaco com capuz. Não quero atenção nem simpatia. Não quero que ninguém me elogie. Quero apenas malhar", afirma.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Isso me faz ser muito modesto. É simplesmente a forma como me sinto."</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> FONTE <a href="http://www.bbc.com/portuguese/noticias/2015/09/150916_vigorexia_homens_academia_rb" style="border: 0px; color: #f36d3c; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">BBC BRASIL</a></div> </div> </div>

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Mas mães são exigentes – um embrião precisa ser saudável para valer a pena ser nutrido pelos próximos nove meses.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Cerca de dois terços dos embriões falham nesse estágio ou logo em seguida, e se perdem – muitas vezes antes de suas mães saberem que ele existiu.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> No seu caso, suas células liberaram sinais químicos que mostraram que você estava se desenvolvendo bem. E você foi ancorado no útero de sua mãe.</div> <h2 class="story-body__crosshead" style="border: 0px; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> Quatro semanas - A formação do rosto</h2> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> O formato de seu corpo, seus membros e suas feições mais reconhecíveis estão sendo formadas.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Nos próximas semanas, o seu rosto se forma à medida que 14 estruturas diferentes se juntam para formar a base de intrincadas camadas de tecido.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Faces humanas têm a mesma estrutura, mas nenhuma é exatamente igual a outra. Cientistas acreditam que possa haver centenas de mudanças no seu DNA que, sutilmente, formam as suas feições.</span></div> <h2 class="story-body__crosshead" style="border: 0px; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> 11 semanas - Destro ou canhoto?</h2> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Você começa a mexer seus membros na fase das 11 semanas. E começa também a dar preferência a um lado em detrimento do outro. Pode começar, por exemplo, a esticar um braço mais que o outro ou a sugar um dedo específico.</div> <figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width" style="background-color: #111111; border: 0px; clear: both; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 24px -24.640625px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="image-and-copyright-container" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="js-image-replace" datasrc="http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/ws/320/amz/worldservice/live/assets/images/2014/09/19/140919023559_escola_crianca_escrevendo_ap_624x351_ap.jpg" height="351" src="http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/ws/624/amz/worldservice/live/assets/images/2014/09/19/140919023559_escola_crianca_escrevendo_ap_624x351_ap.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; -webkit-user-select: none; border: 0px; color: #bdbdbd; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline; width: 616.203125px;" width="624" /><span class="off-screen" style="border: 0px !important; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 1px !important; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px !important;">Image copyright</span><span class="story-image-copyright" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: #ececec; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.5625rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 8px 1px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">AP</span></span><figcaption class="media-caption" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible;"><span class="off-screen" style="border: 0px !important; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 1px !important; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px !important;">Image caption</span><span class="media-caption__text" style="border: 0px; color: #ececec; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.8125rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.23077; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Por volta da 11ª semana, começa a ser definido se você será destro ou canhoto</span></figcaption></figure><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Nove de 10 fetos se tornam destros - e um em 10 escolhe o lado esquerdo. Menos de 1% é ambidestro, ou seja, usa confortavelmente os dois lados. Sua opção também está ligada, claro, aos seus genes.</div> <h2 class="story-body__crosshead" style="border: 0px; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> 12 semanas - Impressão digital: uma em 7 bilhões</h2> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> À medida que você continua a se mover no útero, protegido pelo líquido amniótico, outro traços únicos estão se formando.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> As camadas de pele em volta dos dedos começa a enrugar, empurrando o líquido ao redor. Essa interação ajuda a moldar uma combinação única de arcos, espirais e loops da sua impressão digital.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Mesmo gêmeos idênticos têm impressões digitais levemente diferentes.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> No final de 17 semanas, você tem um conjunto de 10 impressões digitais que vão te diferenciar das outras sete bilhões de pessoas no mundo.</div> <h2 class="story-body__crosshead" style="border: 0px; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> 14 semanas - Sistema imunológico e afinidade com outras pessoas</h2> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Com o seu corpo tomando forma, você também vai desenvolvendo um sistema imunológico único.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Com 14 semanas, você produz o chamado antígeno leucocitário humano (HLA, na sigla em inglês), que ajuda o seu sistema imune a reconhecer bactérias e vírus.</div> <figure class="media-landscape has-caption full-width" style="background-color: #111111; border: 0px; clear: both; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 24px -24.640625px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="image-and-copyright-container" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="js-image-replace" datasrc="http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/ws/320/amz/worldservice/live/assets/images/2015/03/17/150317121549_humanos_bebe_624x351_thinkstock.jpg" height="351" src="http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/ws/624/amz/worldservice/live/assets/images/2015/03/17/150317121549_humanos_bebe_624x351_thinkstock.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; -webkit-user-select: none; border: 0px; color: #bdbdbd; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-out; vertical-align: baseline; width: 616.203125px;" width="624" /><span class="off-screen" style="border: 0px !important; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 1px !important; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px !important;">Image copyright</span><span class="story-image-copyright" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); border: 0px; bottom: 0px; color: #ececec; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.5625rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.25px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 8px 1px; position: absolute; right: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thinkstock</span></span><figcaption class="media-caption" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible;"><span class="off-screen" style="border: 0px !important; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 1px !important; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: 1px !important;">Image caption</span><span class="media-caption__text" style="border: 0px; color: #ececec; display: block; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.8125rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.23077; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sistema imunológico desenvolvido antes do nascimento influencia o 'cheiro' que cada pessoa tem</span></figcaption></figure><div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Existem milhares de combinações possíveis de HLAs - que foram herdados de seus pais. Uma teoria sugere que as proteínas HLA podem mudar seu aroma para outros adultos e que nós escolhemos um parceiro sexual com uma composição muito diferente de HLA, ou seja, de cheiro diferente.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Portanto, o seu sistema imunológico desenvolvido antes do nascimento pode ter alguns efeitos surpreendentes na vida adulta.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="border: 0px; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">15 semanas - O quanto o seu cérebro é masculino?</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Nesse estágio, você já tem genitália masculina ou feminina, definida por uma dose de testosterona na oitava semana. Agora, uma segunda dose ajuda a formar seu cérebro.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Um feto masculino recebe uma grande carga de testosterona, criada em seu testículo. Já o feto feminino recebe uma dose bem menor, vinda da glândula suprarrenal.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Assim, aspectos da sua personalidade são conectados ao seu cérebro.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Exposição a altos níveis de testosterona pode contribuir a um comportamento "mais masculino", como assumir riscos.</div> <h2 class="story-body__crosshead" style="border: 0px; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> 28 semanas - Vendo o mundo do seu jeito</h2> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Vocês está quase pronto para ver o mundo pela primeira vez. Dois olhos munidos com sensores de cor são formados, com pigmentos que podem detectar as ondas que uma luz produz, criando cores.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> A maior parte das pessoas pode diferenciar 10 milhões de cores. Mas 8% dos homens e 0,5% das mulheres nascem com algum grau de daltonismo.</div> <h2 class="story-body__crosshead" style="border: 0px; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> 37 semanas - Contagem regressiva para o nascimento</h2> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Em nove meses, você cresceu de uma célula para um trilhão ou mais. Seu tamanho ao nascer depende de fatores como gênero, raça ou genética.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Mas fatores externos como a dieta da mãe, níveis de estresse e se ela é fumante ou não também influenciam.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Uma teoria que vem ganhando cada vez mais força é a de que o ambiente no útero pode alterar marcadores químicos no DNA, que controlam como os genes são ativados à medida que crescemos.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Há evidências de que seu peso ao nascer pode impactar aspectos da sua vida adulta, como índice de massa corporal e risco de diabetes.</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: 1.375; margin: 18px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> FONTE<a href="http://www.bbc.com/portuguese/noticias/2015/09/150916_momentos_nascer_mdb" style="border: 0px; color: #f36d3c; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"> BBC Brasil </a></div> </div> </div>

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