The truth about exercise addiction : understanding the dark side of thinspiration /
Exercise addiction is often overlooked as a disorder because sufferers are seemingly engaged in a healthy behavior. But an obsession with working out insidiously interferes with emotional stability, social functioning, productivity at work-and it comes with serious physical health consequences. This...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Lanham :
Rowman and Littlefield,
[2015]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- What it is : defining exercise addiction
- What it looks like : the signs and symptoms of exercise addiction
- Who coined it? : a brief history of exercise addiction
- How it begins : the origins of exercise addiction
- What it does : the short- and long-term health risks of exercise addiction
- Why it happens : thinspiration's dark side
- What it feels like : exercise addicts' true stories
- What to do about it : treatment
- How to approach someone with a problem
- Frequently asked questions
- Appendix A: How to get help : where to go, what to read, and to whom to reach out
- Appendix B: Common exercise addiction measures.