Addiction is about our pursuit of reward. Exercise, sex, drugs and alcohol, shopping, gambling and other behaviours can make us feel good. As viewers around the nation tune in to the SBS documentary ...

Exercise addiction is a legitimate problem whose prevalence is thought to be highest amongst triathletes, runners, and individuals who suffer from eating disorders vii. Its consequences range from the ...

This article may contain links from our affiliate and advertising partners. We may receive payments when you click on links, buy through them or share this content. While exercise has clear benefits, ...

BEN Carter's addiction to exercise wreaked havoc on his health, destroyed his social life and led him to develop an eating disorder. This is the dark side of extreme fitness. It started innocently ...

Addiction changes the brain, body, and behavior. Persistent insomnia, craving, depression, anhedonia, and anxiety may continue for months after sobriety, often leading to relapse. While we search for ...

I get grumpy if I don't move for more than a day or two and during the week, I prioritise exercise over social engagements. I'm not alone, I'm not even on the extreme end of the scale. Only a couple ...

KATHERINE has been battling body issues since she was a child. Her struggle became a dangerous obsession — not with food — but fitness. She felt “so self-conscious” and “obsessed with imperfections”, ...

Like Iggy Pop and Lou Reed, British rocker Pete Doherty has taken up martial arts to help him quit drugs. But has he just switched habits? Andy Darling reports. The rock band Babyshambles, whose ...

EMINEM has told of how he beat drug addiction with a gruelling, obsessive exercise regimen after leaving rehab, when he weighed more than 100 kilograms. The singer told Men’s Journal that back in 2007 ...