ABSTRACT
The author examines the linkages and similarities between compulsive athletics and eating disorders, and proposes that they are different manifestations of a single condition: the activity disorder.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |68 pages
Clinical Issues
chapter |7 pages
Independent Activity: Exercise and Diet
chapter |15 pages
Historical and Cultural Perspectives
chapter |19 pages
Obligatory Running
chapter |17 pages
Obligatory Running and the Eating Disorders
chapter |9 pages
From Gymnastics to Bodybuilding
part |56 pages
Theoretical Overview
chapter |21 pages
Biological Theory
chapter |17 pages
Psychological Theory
chapter |15 pages
Analytic Theory
part |103 pages
A Theory of Activity
