exercise addiction and eating disorders

REDs: Tool to understand your Energy Availability

by | April 21, 2025 | Exercise Addiction | 0 Comments

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 to have...
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Eating Disorders: Resource directory

by | April 10, 2021 | Book reviews, Books, Exercise Addiction, Exercise psychology, Support | 0 Comments

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...
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Athletes online: Research finds technology is fuelling exercise addiction

by | August 13, 2018 | Exercise Addiction, Performance Psychology, Social media, Sports Psychology | 0 Comments

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...
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Is your Garmin making you addicted to exercise?

by | December 7, 2017 | Exercise Addiction | 0 Comments

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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