How exercise can support eating disorder recovery
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Research led by Dr Hester Hockin-Boyers (Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences), suggests that combining seemingly opposing approaches to health management could support eating disorder recovery.
Intuition versus tracking
For people recovering from an eating disorder, exercise can be a complex area of health management.
They are often encouraged to take an intuitive approach –focusing on body-awareness and self-understanding, while avoiding overly controlled behaviours.
However, wider public health messaging often promotes detailed tracking – from counting our daily steps to our calorie intake.
The result? A potentially confusing landscape of mixed health-management messages for those recovering from eating disorders.
But, do the two approaches really need to be viewed as opposites, or is there a way for them to both to aid recovery?
A third option
The new study, which also involved Dr Kimberly Jamie (Sociology Department) and Professor Stacey Pope (Department of Sport an...
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