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University of Kansas

Excessive Exercise

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According to researcher Danielle Chapa, "With excessive-exercise behavior, people may be exercising with extreme intensity, for two or more hours, or when they have a fever or when they're injured. Exercise can be a compulsive behavior -- something they have to do. It's problematic because it could make recovery from an eating disorder a much longer process. There's also a lot of medical complications that go along with excessive exercise -- for instance, increased susceptibility to injury."

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