What I've understood from volunteering with muslim kids internationally is that fasting can be suspended for basically any reason as long as you apologise. Like, Allah gets it, he's not going to be mad that you actually need to eat, just make sure to say sorry.
Especially because I'm fairly sure fasting can be suspended in times of crisis, like y'know
A genocidal famine
Muhammad was like "bro, you can eat, you need your strength" when his troops were at war.
...not that this publication requires any counter-argument beyond PPB
What I've understood from volunteering with muslim kids internationally is that fasting can be suspended for basically any reason as long as you apologise. Like, Allah gets it, he's not going to be mad that you actually need to eat, just make sure to say sorry.