10 Eating Disorder Symptoms
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Excessive Exercise
Excessive exercise could be a sign of an eating disorder, especially if it becomes obsessive. People suffering from anorexia nervosa, for example, can become fixated on removing the food they have just consumed, and rather than throwing up, they burn up the calories through exercise.4‘Excessive Exercise and Eating Disorders - Mirror.’ Mirror, 11 June 2020, mirror-mirror.org/eating-disorders-2-2/excessive-exercise-and-eating-disorders
Signs of anxiety and a compulsion to exercise shortly after a meal could signify an eating disorder.
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