Problematic Exercise in Anorexia Nervosa: Testing Potential Risk Factors against Different Definitions

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143352
• Publication Date: 2015-11-30T18:55:29Z
• Authors: Melissa Rizk; Christophe Lalanne; Sylvie Berthoz; Laurence Kern; ; Nathalie Godart
• Keywords: Anorexia nervosa

"Hyperactivity" has a wide prevalence range of 31% to 80% in the anorexia nervosa literature that could be partly due plethora definitions provided by researchers this field. The purpose study was two-fold: 1) To assess variance across rates problematic exercise encountered patients with nervosa, relation seven different found literature. 2) examine how core eating disorder symptoms and dimensions emotional profile are associated these impact on assessment patients' quality life. Exercise evaluated terms duration, intensity, type compulsion using semi-structured questionnaire administered 180 women suffering from severe nervosa. Seven were identified literature: three entailing single dimension (duration, or intensity) four combining dimensions. Emotional scores, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, symptomatology, worries concerns about body shape, self-esteem life assessed several established questionnaires. varied considerably from, 5% 54%, depending number criteria used for its definition. level symptomatology exercise. Surprisingly, better self-reported among exercisers compared non-problematic definitions. explain broad ranges conflicting associations generally reported between disorder-related psychological parameters. There is an urgent need valid consensus definition This will support development further research etiology treatment