Автор:Mia Beck Lichtenstein Год: 2014 Издание:LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 72 ISBN: 9783659542503 Exercise addiction is characterized by excessive and obsessive exercise patterns which eventually leads to pain, injury and loss of social relations. The research focuses on the prevalence rates of exercise addiction in fitness and football cultures. The Exercise Addiction Inventory is validated and used to compare exercisers with and without addiction. Personality traits, eating disorder symptoms and leptin profiles are investigated aiming for a characteristic of people in risk of exercise addiction.