We're not making a causal relationship in that BMI tests cause eating disorders because these are very, very complex illnesses ... but these tests can be trigger moments, so if someone is vulnerable and in a vulnerable place (and is) being weighed at school or being measured in whatever way ... these are things that can be very triggering for those who are at risk.

Claire Mysko

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Everyone (says) 'Oh obesity, obesity, we have to do something about the obesity epidemic,' and so it's like throwing spaghetti at a wall without any evidence behind it and then you see that these programs are actually backfiring, we have to be very careful that in our efforts to combat one so-called epidemic that we're not adding fuel to the fire of another one.