Her good friend of more than ten years Chen Yu-fen recalls that in her university days Wang could not engage in strenuous exercise, because she suffers from hyperthyroidism. For this reason she had to attend physical education classes for the "specially challenged."
十餘年好友陳玉芬指出，大學時期，王麗莎因甲狀腺機能亢進，無法做激烈運動，因而上的是「殘障特別班」的體育課。