Understanding Excessive Exercise as part of an Eating Disorder

2. Starting points

Someone with an eating disorder and a problematic relationship with food, eating and their body size and shape may also have a problematic relationship with exercise.

This training is designed for exercise professionals, PE teachers, sports coaches, personal trainers, gym staff and others who want to learn more about excessive exercise as part of an eating disorder.

It aims to help you in your professional practice:

to understand the role exercise plays in the life of an individual with an eating disorder - regardless of their gender, age and body size & type;
to start a conversation with them about excessive exercise;
to help them change their relationship with exercise.

To start this training, consider these comments. Have you had similar thoughts and experiences?

Click on the icons to hear or read about their thoughts and experiences.

Personal Trainer

Sports coach

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Teacher of a sports class

PE teacher

Gym staff