Yale student threatened with expulsion for being too thin

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>“Yale University junior Frances Chan has spent months battling with the university over her weight.” …</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20140406/yale-student-92-lbs-stuffed-her-face-with-cheetos-ice-cream-to-pacify-school-officials”>http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20140406/yale-student-92-lbs-stuffed-her-face-with-cheetos-ice-cream-to-pacify-school-officials&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>There was a pretty good discussion of this about about a month ago: <a href=“Can Yale Health force underweight students to gain weight or be sent home? - #91 by blossom - Parents Forum - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1624554-can-yale-health-force-underweight-students-to-gain-weight-or-be-sent-home-p7.html&lt;/a&gt;
Clearly, the thing to do is get your personal physician involved–I suspect that’s really what worked in this case.</p>

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<p>“Expulsion” =/= being put on medical leave</p>

<p><a href=“Student speaks out about Yale Health experience - Yale Daily News”>http://yaledailynews.com/crosscampus/2014/04/07/student-speaks-out-about-yale-health-experience/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>regardless, the situation has been cleared up, fault was admitted and hopefully, lessons learned. Don’t we already get too many overblown thread titles or “Doom is near” article headlines?</p>