Content Warning: This article discusses eating disorders, associated behaviors, and a reference to self-harm. April Bannister was actively receiving treatment from the University of Iowa’s inpatient eating disorder clinic when UI Hospitals and Clinics officials announced its closure last year. Since February 2021, Bannister said she sought care from the clinic on seven different occasions..
A petition on Change.org, entitled "Save the Eating Disorder Program and University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics," claims that the program is being phased out.