Exercise Addiction Prevalence and Correlates in the Absence of Eating Disorder Symptomology: A Systematic Review and

Mike Trott1, Sarah E Jackson, Joseph Firth

  • 1Cambridge Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University, Compass House, Cambridge, United Kingdom (MT, JJ, LS); Department of Behavioural Science and Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom (SJ); Division of Psychology and Mental Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom (JF); Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (JF); NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Westmead, Australia (JF); Health Behaviour Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London, London, United Kingdom (AF); Eating Disorders Service, Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health Trust, United Kingdom (AM); RCPsych Sport & Exercise Psychiatry Special Interest Group, 21 Prescot Street London E1 8BB (AM); Positive Ageing Research Institute (PARI), Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom (BS); Physiotherapy Department, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hills, London, United Kingdom (BS); Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London, United Kingdom (BS).

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