Young female subjects who engage in exercise to`work off' food they have consumed (`food related' exercisers) were compared with other young female subjects who engage in exercise with other objectives (`non-food related' exercisers). Assessment of subjects' attitudes and behaviours indicated that the`food related' exercisers exhibited more symptoms of obligatory exercise, eating disturbance, body dissatisfaction, and lower self-esteem, than did the`non-food related' exercisers. A subset of women in the`food related' group who reported exercising for the primary reason of working off food, losing weight, or changing their appearance (the`food related/body dissatis®ed' exercisers), indicated even greater disturbance on these measures.
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