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Exercise addiction is a state characterized by a compulsive engagement in any form of physical exercise, despite negative consequences. While regular exercise is generally a healthy activity, exercise addiction generally involves performing excessive amounts of exercise to the detriment of physical health, spending too much time exercising to the detriment of personal and professional life ...
There's a terrifying new health trend among teenage boys, according to Men's Health's new documentary Generation Flex: Bulking up, even to the point of ignoring dangerous side effects.
In the United States each year, 3.5 million sports participants are injured, causing a short or long term disruption from sport. Injured athletes may exhibit high rates of depression and anxiety, followed by low rates of self-esteem directly following an injury and throughout the duration of recovery and return to play. [17]
Crepeau recommends that parents go to the gym with their child, pointing out that many workout facilities won't let children under the age of 18 work out without a parent or guardian present anyway.
This has provided key insights on the underlying mechanisms of addiction, including substance use and non-substance (behavioral) addictions. [15] Addiction hijacks the brain’s reward system, which normally encourages individuals to engage in survival-related activities such as socializing, eating, or achieving goals. Substances or specific ...
"Personally, I take my 5-year-old to my gym and she has a prescribed set of activities she is allowed to do and enjoys doing to be a contributing member of that gym community."
A heroin addict entering a rehab facility presents as severe a case as a would-be suicide entering a psych ward. The addiction involves genetic predisposition, corrupted brain chemistry, entrenched environmental factors and any number of potential mental-health disorders — it requires urgent medical intervention.
Sports such as figure skating, ballet, and gymnastics promote both male and female athletes to have a thin figure. There has been research into the prevalence in certain types of sports. For example, the pursuit of a certain body aesthetic in gymnastics, the need to be in a certain weight categorisation in order to compete in judo, or endurance ...