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The Relationship Between Disordered Eating Behaviors and Exercise Addiction Among Selected University Students at Minnesota State University, Mankato

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Wasko, Haley
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	The Relationship Between Disordered Eating Behaviors and Exercise Addiction Among Selected University Students at Minnesota State University, Mankato Wasko, Haley M., Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN 2012. College students are faced with many difficult decisions as they begin to ga in independence and adjust to new responsibilities. Some of these decisions may include changes in eating behaviors and exercise patterns. Such changes may lead t o unhealthy weight control behaviors such as disordered eating or excessive exercise. The combination of controlling eating and exercise behaviors may be especially detrimental and prevalent in college students. The purpose of this research was to determine whethe r or not there was a relationship between disordered eating and exercise addicti on among university students at Minnesota State University, Mankato. A 50-item survey w as used to assess the prevalence of disordered eating behaviors and exercise addict ion patterns among undergraduate college students. The survey was administered via email to a random sample of 2,947 undergraduate students attending a mid-sized Midwestern public university. This study examined undergraduate students between the ages of 18-25 years with a mean age was 20.68 years. Data indicated a relationship between disorde red eating and exercise addiction in both genders which indicated that females and males are exhibiting these weight control behaviors and should be of concern to health educators. I n order to establish a greater understanding of the risk factors associated a nd r uce the prevalence of such unhealthy weight control behaviors, there is a need for additi onal research in this area.
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Alternate Webpage(s)	http://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1066&context=etds
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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