McGill University in Montreal, Canada, attracts perfectionists - and staff dietician Monique Lauzon thinks that the school's high-pressure environment can cause relapses in students who have previously struggled with eating disorders.

"'It is possible [eating disorders] will develop associated with a competition over marks. Perfectionists are always looking at someone whose body is closer to perfection than one's own, and the residence environment tends to encourage that,' [Lauzon] said, adding that McGill attracts perfectionists given its high acceptance standards for prospective students."

Students - freshmen in particular - may revert back to disordered eating habits if they feel that some aspect of their academic career is out of their hands. They may not be able to control their grades, they think, but they can control their eating and weight. Source: The Muse (McGill Student Newspaper)

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