Really? Yale Student Threatened With Expulsion Over Low Weight What does a person’s weight have to do with them getting a proper education? According to New Haven Register: Frances Chan says she’s done stuffing her face with ice cream and Cheetos just to make Yale University happy. After months of wrangling, the university finally agrees. The 20-year-old history major has spent the past few months sparring with Yale’s health center over her low weight. Chan is 5’2” and 92 lbs., and Yale doctors were concerned her health was severely at risk. She contended that she’s always been very thin, as were her parents and grandparents at her age. Yet until Friday, Yale had been telling Chan she might be forced to leave school if she didn’t put on some pounds. Poor girl. “It felt really bad to be this powerless,” Chan said, taking in some afternoon sun in a campus courtyard. “I ate ice cream twice a day. I ate cookies. I used elevators instead of walking up stairs. But I don’t really gain any weight.” Since December, Chan has had multiple medical appointments and mandatory weigh-ins. She met with a nutritionist and a mental health counselor, as well, to determine whether she might have an eating disorder. She said a nurse told her at one point that her low weight would kill her if she didn’t do something about it. With the end of the academic year just weeks away, Chan was anxious to satisfy Yale’s demands even if she can’t gain much more weight. Her parents came to New Haven to meet with health officials on campus, and she’s switched to a new physician. Chan said her new physician acknowledged that BMI was not the only significant measure of proper health. “So she trusts that I do not have an eating disorder and admitted that ‘we made a mistake,’” Chan said. Glad Yale got their isht together. No one wants to be the school that discriminates against thin students. Facebook
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Random Ridiculousness: Yale Student Threatened With Expulsion For Being Too Thin
