by Josephine Perry | Apr 21, 2025 | Exercise Addiction
When athletes come to me with worries that their performance has declined, or parents seek help because they can see their junior athlete has lost weight or is overly focused on ‘clean eating’ I will often ask them to see the endocrinologist Dr Nicky Keay...
by Josephine Perry | Apr 10, 2021 | Book reviews, Books, Exercise Addiction, Exercise psychology, Support
Over lockdown a number of people reached out who needed support for disordered eating but didn’t fit the NHS guidelines for getting support. They couldn’t afford private psychology and nutrition help and were struggling. This lack of NHS support unless you have a...
by Josephine Perry | Aug 13, 2018 | Exercise Addiction, Performance Psychology, Social media, Sports Psychology
Headline points: My research has found that the risk of exercise addiction in ultra-endurance athletes (marathon runners, long distance cyclists, half / full Ironman triathletes) is 44.7%. This figure is higher than has previously been reported in other sports. My...
by Josephine Perry | Dec 7, 2017 | Exercise Addiction
I have been working on a piece of research over the last year to try to see if there are any links between the amount of fitness technologies athletes use and their risk of exercise addiction. I am presenting the findings at the annual conference for Sport...
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