Overview

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.

Full Product Details

9781336018884

Table of Contents

Reviews

The Truth About Exercise Addiction is a thought-provoking and evidence-based examination of a phenomenon that is intriguing and close to home for many avid exercisers. I highly recommend this book to practitioners and exercisers of all levels.--Danielle Symons Downs, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Kinesiology; OBGYN at The Pennsylvania State University; co-author of The Exercise Dependence Scale

Author Information

Katherine Schreiber is a recovering exercise addict and writer whose work has been published in Psychology Today, where she previously worked as an editor, TIME Healthland, Weight Watchers Magazine, on Greatist.com, and on Psychcentral.com. She has also appeared on ABC Nightline, currently lives in New York City, and is working on her second book about female sexuality and double lives. Heather A. Hausenblas, PhD, is an internationally renowned physical activity and healthy aging expert, researcher, and author. Her research focuses on the psychological effects of health behaviors across the lifespan. Hausenblas is the coauthor of 5 scientific books, and she has published more than 90 scientific journal articles. She has conducted more than 200 national and international scientific presentations. She has also received several research awards and grants. She was a faculty member and director of the Exercise Psychology Lab at the University of Florida from 1998 to 2012. She is currently an associate professor at Jacksonville University in the College of Health Sciences.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available