Abstract:IntroductionRegular physical activity should be encouraged given its major role in health maintenance and disease prevention. However, in excess, exercise has the potential to cause physical and psychological harm and can become addictive. Excessive exercise can be described in an obsessive-compulsive dimension but it is included among the behavioural addictions since it presents some of its typical characteristics such as mood modification, tolerance, withdrawal symptoms and relapse after periods of abstinenc… Show more
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