A Systematic Review on Exercise Addiction and the Disordered Eating-Eating Disorders Continuum in the Competitive Sport Context Godoy Izquierdo, Débora Ramírez Molina, María José Díaz, Isabel López Mora, Clara Exercise addiction Exercise dependence Maladaptative exercise Unhealthy eating Eating disorders Athletes Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. This study was funded by the financial aid conceded to the Research Group CTS267 by Junta de Andalucia (Spain). Exercise addiction (EA) affects a considerable number of individuals who regularly perform exercise-sport activities. The co-occurrence of EA manifestations and the continuum of disordered eating-eating disorders (EDs) is so common in sports that a deeper understanding of them as comorbidities is warranted. The aim of this review is to provide an up-to-date overview and synthesis of the research on the relationship between maladaptive exercise and dysfunctional eating in the sport context. A systematic review was conducted following the PRISMA guidelines. A total of 22 empirical studies (23 articles) with young and adult female and male athletes from several sports and competition levels was included. EA in conjunction with eating disturbances is frequent among athletes, yet the prevalence rates are inconsistent. Existing evidence suggests that EA is a relevant outcome of ED pathology among athletes, supporting the classical secondary type of EA. However, research also reveals that excessive exercising plays a central role in the psychopathology of disordered eating. There is a need for further quantitative research addressing the features and correlates of the EA-EDs dyad, qualitative research on the subjective experiences of athletes with disordered exercise and eating, longitudinal and experimental research to establish possible causal paths and attempts to develop comprehensive conceptual models of EA and its co-occurrence with EDs, in order to improve the identification, prevention, and management of this dyadic condition in the sport context. 2021-10-06T06:52:15Z 2021-10-06T06:52:15Z 2021-08-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Godoy-Izquierdo, D... [et al.]. A Systematic Review on Exercise Addiction and the Disordered Eating-Eating Disorders Continuum in the Competitive Sport Context. Int J Ment Health Addiction (2021). [https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-021-00610-2] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/70663 10.1007/s11469-021-00610-2 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución 3.0 España Springer