ArticleJournal of eating disorders2024
Maladaptive exercise in eating disorders: lifetime and current impact on mental health and treatment seeking.
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- Perfectionism and compulsive exercise: a systematic review and preliminary meta-analysis.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2025Pooled it
- Swedish Clinicians' Knowledge, Practices, and Access to Structured Guidance Regarding Maladaptive Exercise in Eating Disorders.Scandinavian journal of psychology · 2026Article
- Eating disorders and associated mental symptoms in Swedish elite athletes and a comparison group.Discover mental health · 2026Article
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- Associations between compulsive exercise and mental health constructs in eating disorders.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Psychosocial recovery and nutritional rehabilitation in residential treatment for anorexia nervosa: an exploratory longitudinal multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Maladaptive Exercise in People With a Lifetime History of Eating Disorders: A Multicountry Observational Study.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Observational
- Orthorexia Profiles in Athletes: A Multidimensional Analysis Using the Eating Habits Questionnaire (EHQ) and the Teruel Orthorexia Scale (TOS).Nutrients · 2025Article
- Psychobiological Exercise Response: A Pilot Investigation of a Laboratory Exercise Assessment Paradigm Among Young Women With Eating Disorders.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Physical Activity and Psychonutritional Correlates of Eating Disorder Risk in Female Health Science Students.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Athletes with eating disorders: clinical-psychopathological features and gender differences.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Sex-related perception of body image, attitude toward food, and nutritional status of university students, and their relationship with physical activity level.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundMany patients with eating disorders report exercise as a central symptom of their illness-as a way to compensate for food intake, prevent weight-gain, and/or reduce negative affect. Previous findings show associations between maladaptive exercise and more severe eating disorder pathology, higher risk for relapse, other co-morbid symptoms, and worse treatment outcome.
methodsIn this study, we included 8252 participants with eating disorders and investigated associations between maladaptive exercise (both lifetime and current) and ED pathology, illness duration, depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicidal ideation, and treatment seeking patterns in individuals with lifetime maladaptive exercise. Participants were included via the Swedish site of the large global study The Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative (EDGI) and completed measures of both lifetime and current symptomatology.
resultsResults indicate that lifetime maladaptive exercise is associated with higher prevalence of lifetime depression and anxiety and with patients more often receiving treatment, although these results need to be investigated in future studies. Current maladaptive exercise was associated with more severe ED symptoms, and higher levels of depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive traits, and suicidal ideation.
conclusionsOur findings point to the complexities of exercise as an eating disorder symptom and the need for clearly assessing and acknowledging this, as well as tailoring interventions to treat this symptom to achieve sustainable recovery.
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