Compulsive exercise, or exercise addiction, is recognized by many eating disorders experts as a form of disordered eating. Individuals who exercise excessively in order to lose weight can develop what is referred to by some as "anorexia athletica." A new study by scientists at Tufts University indicates that exercise junkies experience many of the same withdrawal symptoms as drug addicts when they stop or are prevented from exercising, including trembling, teeth chattering and drooping eyelids.

In the journal Behavioral Neurology, the Tufts researchers wrote: "Excessive running shares similarities with drug-taking behavior. ... As with food intake and other parts of life, moderation seems to be the key."

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