The only behavior-associated addiction in the DSM is gamblingHowever, a paper that published last month in the British Medical Journal encourages health-care professionals to recognize and understand the risks of exercise addiction. Or exercise addiction may manifest as a primary addiction, in which there is no underlying pathology. Although men and women are equally at risk for exercise addiction, it more often appears as a primary addiction in men and a secondary addiction in women, according to the paper. But for those with exercise addiction, the goal of therapy is to help patients recognize their addictive behavior and reduce extreme exercise routines, according to the new paper. The need to exercise, to exercise hard and to exercise several times a day becomes more important than almost anything else.

Source: CNN May 09, 2017 08:08 UTC