Prevalence of Compulsive Exercise in Physically Active Adults.
Exercise is generally a healthy behavior that promotes fitness and well being. However, some physically active individuals become addicted to physical fitness and involved in excessive compulsive exercise. The present study aimed to assess the Prevalence of compulsive exercise among physically activ...
| Publicado en: | Indian Journal of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 190 - 196 |
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| Sumario: | Exercise is generally a healthy behavior that promotes fitness and well being. However, some physically active individuals become addicted to physical fitness and involved in excessive compulsive exercise. The present study aimed to assess the Prevalence of compulsive exercise among physically active adults. Purposive sampling was done to collect a sample size of 223 physically active adults within the age group of 18-29 years from West Delhi and Faridabad. Individuals who were doing physical activity more than an hour with no chronic diseases were included as participants. Exercise bulimia was measured by using standardized tool that was compulsive exercise test (CET). Statistical analysis was done by using SPSS 21 version. Samples of 223 subjects were assessed. Out of which 31% of subjects were from Faridabad (N=70) and 69% of subjects were from East Delhi (N=153). The results revealed that on the basis of CET scoring 44.3% of subjects were having mild exercise bulimia whereas 55.7% of subjects were having exercise bulimia. The study concluded that maximum number of subjects was suffering from exercise bulimia, which is an alarming situation for the young generation. |
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