A comparative meta-analysis of the prevalence of exercise addiction in adults with and without indicated eating disorders.

Mike TrottSarah E JacksonJoseph FirthLouis JacobIgor GrabovacAmit MistryBrendon StubbsLee Smith

Published in: Eating and weight disorders : EWD (2020)

Exercise addiction occurs more than three and a half times as often as a comorbidity to an eating disorder than in people without an indicated eating disorder. The creation of a measurement tool able to identify exercise addiction risk in both populations would benefit researchers and practitioners by easily classifying samples.

Keyphrases

high intensity
systematic review
physical activity
resistance training
primary care
risk factors
meta analyses
genetic diversity