An elite tennis player practices for approximately 4 hours each day and then runs for an additional hour each evening in order to experience positive psychological effects. She is of normal weight and exhibits no evidence of an eating disorder. Which condition might you expect?

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Exercise dependence presents in two forms: (1) primary exercise dependence, which results when a person participates in excessive amounts of physical activity due to the craving for exercise and its accompanying physiological and psychological effects and (2) secondary exercise dependence, in which a person exercises excessively to achieve some other means, such as weight loss in a person with an eating disorder.

An Elite Tennis Player Practices for Approximately 4 Hours Each