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3. Bulimia Nervosa (BN): BN is characterized by binge eating (eating large amount of food with a sense of lack of control) and compensatory behaviors, such as self-induced emesis, laxative or diuretic use, or compulsive exercise to prevent weight gain (table 1).
When exercise becomes associated with an eating disorder it can often become compulsive when exercise levels can increase beyond that of nutritional intake. When this happens the health benefits of exercise are lost and exercise becomes more harmful to the body than helpful.
13 maj 2016 · Men with bulimic symptoms predominately reported using excessive exercise to compensate for binging. This finding goes along with results from an earlier study of our group on eating...
Inappropriate exercise behaviour is a common feature in patients with an eating disorder. These guidelines for Good Practice address excessive or over-exercise behaviour and also its management. The guidelines also make recommendations regarding healthy exercise and activity levels for all stages of the illness/recovery. Scope
Exercise dependence is defined as the drive to perform leisure-time exercise, and that this drive results in uncontrolled excessive exercise behavior with physiological and/or psychological symptoms of exercise deprivation.
Guidance Notes for Exercise and Physical Activity in Adult Patients with Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa, for evidence based practice. It is hoped that other professionals, users and carers will find the information helpful when osteoporosis or exercise is an issue in those with ED.
We defined current eating disorder symptoms (EDS) as (1) BMI < 18.5; (2) binge eating; (3) binge eating and purging; or (4) purging without binge eating. Results: Of the 470 men, 32 (6.8%) reported one of the four eating disorder symptoms.
