Truth About Exercise Addiction - Understanding the Dark Side of Thinspiration

Informationen zum Autor By Katherine Schreiber and Heather A. Hausenblas Klappentext 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 book takes on exercise addiction from its symptoms to its treatment, including narratives from sufferers throughout. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. What It Is - Defining Exercise Addiction2. What It Looks Like - The Signs and Symptoms of Exercise3. Who Coined It? - A Brief History of Exercise Addiction4. How It Begins - The Origins of Exercise Addiction5. What It Does - The Short and Long Term Health Risks of Exercise Addiction6. Why It Happens - Thinspiration's Darkside7. What It Feels Like - Exercise Addicts' True Stories8. What To Do About It - Treatment9. How To Approach Someone With A Problem10. Frequently Asked QuestionsAppendix AAppendix BAcknowledgmentsBibliography

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Heather A Hausenblas, Heather A. Hausenblas, Hausenblas Heather A., Katherine Schreiber, Katherine Hausenblas Schreiber, Katherine/ Hausenblas Schreiber, Schreiber Katherine
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780810895942
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-9594-2
• Pagine: 248
• Dimensioni: 133 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Salute > Fitness, aerobica, body building, ginnastica; Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia applicata; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Specializzazioni mediche; SELF-HELP / Eating Disorders & Body Image, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Addiction, Addiction & therapy, Addiction and therapy, Coping With Eating Disorders, Coping with / advice about eating disorders, exercise addiction