Exercise and eating disorders an ethical and legal analysis
Eating disorders (EDs) have become a social epidemic in the developed world. This book addresses the close links between EDs and exercise, helping us to understand why people with EDs often exercise to excessive and potentially harmful levels. This is also the first book to examine this issue from a...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge
2010.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Ethics and Sport
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798323706719 |
| Sumario: | Eating disorders (EDs) have become a social epidemic in the developed world. This book addresses the close links between EDs and exercise, helping us to understand why people with EDs often exercise to excessive and potentially harmful levels. This is also the first book to examine this issue from an ethical and legal perspective, identifying the rights and responsibilities of people with EDs, their families and the fitness professionals and clinicians that work with them.The book offers an accessible account of EDs and closely examines the concept of addiction. Drawing on a wide ran |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781134024254 9781134024261 9781282595729 9786612595721 9780203885543 |
