Effects of exercise motivations on body image and eating habits/behaviours: A systematic review.
Inês PanãoEliana Veiga CarraçaPublished in: Nutrition & dietetics: the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia (2019)
Better-quality exercise motivations (ie, autonomous) seem to result in healthier body image and eating outcomes. Further research is still recommended to explore these associations in more depth. Nevertheless, these findings suggest that future interventions should promote individuals' autonomy, competence and relatedness to foster autonomous motivations.