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Fearing Possible Eating Disorder, Yale Threatens to Suspend
92-Pound Student, Frances Chan, For Being Too Skinny
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Fearing Possible Eating Disorder, Yale Threatens to Suspend
92-Pound Student, Frances Chan, For Being Too Skinny
By Susan Scutti
April 8, 2014 11:10 AM EDT
http://www.medicaldaily.com/fearing-possible-eating-disorder-
yale-threatens-suspend-92-pound-student-frances-chan-being-too
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Along with studying till late into the night in gothic reading rooms,
Frances Chan, a Yale undergrad majoring in History, has had to endure
weekly weigh-ins and urine tests, three blood tests, appointments with a
nutritionist, sessions with a mental health counselor, and an EKG - all
since December. The New Jersey native, who is 5-foot-2, and 92 lbs., was
struggling with an eating disorder in the eyes of Yale University Health
Services, and they were going to nip this problem in the bud in order to
save her life. Yet, Chan has contended from the start that nothing is
wrong with her, she simply has a genetic disposition toward low Body Mass
Index (BMI). After all, she would know if she had an eating disorder.
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Who is right? Following great struggle - and Chan's personal account of
her months-long ordeal published in The Huffington Post - Yale health
officials have finally relented and now claim she is not a danger to
herself. Still it begs the question why such a self-evident and seemingly
clear-cut matter could become so overblown. The answer lies in the fact
that eating disorders are troubling greater numbers of students every day.
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How prevalent are eating disorders on campuses in the U.S.? According to
the National Eating Disorder Association, the rate of eating disorders
among college students has risen to anywhere from 10 to 20 percent of
women and four to 10 percent of men. For many, the imprecision of these
numbers contribute to the confusion surrounding eating disorders. Many
students probably experiment with strange diets and unusual methods of
eating while in college. After all, for many students, college is their
first experience of living on their own and eating entirely as they
please. Most escape their days, weeks or months of disordered eating, as
it is referred by the professionals, unscathed. Past research suggests
that full-blown eating disorders typically begin during the college years,
with 35 percent of normal dieters progressing to pathological dieting.
Among these, 20 to 25 percent continue further down the trail to partial
or full-syndrome eating disorders.
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Frances Chan Become a fan
Student, Yale
Yale University Thinks I Have an Eating Disorder
Posted: 03/07/2014 4:28 pm EST
Updated: 03/07/2014 4:59 pm EST
Huffington Post
http://tinyurl.com/kocq4zk
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"I don't know if my body is even capable of gaining three more pounds."
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The nurse looked at me apprehensively. "It's easy to gain a couple pounds.
What I'm afraid will happen is that you'll lose it again and you'll just
be cheating yourself."
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I couldn't keep the impatience out of my tone. "So you're just going to
keep checking on me until I graduate?"
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"If we don't tackle your low weight now, it will kill you."
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In the past three weeks alone, I have spent ten hours at Yale Health, our
student health center. Since December, I have had weekly weigh-ins and
urine tests, three blood tests, appointments with a mental health
counselor and a nutritionist, and even an EKG done to test my heart. My
heart was fine -- as it always has been -- and so was the rest of my body.
So what was the problem?
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The medical professionals think I have an eating disorder -- but they
won't look past the number on the scale, to see the person right in front
in them.
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I visited the cancer hospital on September 17, 2013, worrying about a lump
in my breast. It turned out to be benign, but I received an email in
November from the medical director about "a concern resulting from your
recent visit." My stomach lurched. Was the lump malignant after all?
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I met with a clinician on December 4 and was told that the "concern" was
my low weight and that I would meet with her for weekly weigh-ins. These
appointments were not optional. The clinician threatened to put me on
medical leave if I did not comply: "If it were up to the administration,
school would already be out for you. I'm just trying to help."
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I've always been small. I've been 5'2'' and 90 pounds since high school,
but it has never led to any illnesses related to low weight or
malnutrition. My mom was the same; my whole family is skinny. We all enjoy
Mom's fabulous cooking, which included Taiwanese beef noodle soup,
tricolor pasta, strawberry cheesecake, and cream puffs, none of which make
the Weight Watchers shortlist. I just don't gain weight easily.
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