A study showed that the singer’s openness regarding her body image issues could have lifted her fans’ stigma helping them to seek help. Taylor Swift has made headlines recently with her Eras world tour, breaking revenue records as well as being criticised for prolonging effects of inflation and her high carbon footprint. But one of the first studies regarding the artist’s impact on fans has been conducted and it turns out that the pop star may be good for their health.
Researchers from the University of Vermont (UVM) in the United States published a paper in the journal regarding Swift’s impact on her fans on eating habits and body image. “Our findings suggest that fans who felt highly connected to Swift were influenced to positively change their behaviors or attitudes around eating or their body image because of Swift’s disclosures and messages in her music,” Lizzy Pope, an associate professor at UVM and dietitian nutritionist, . Pope and Kelsey Rose, a UVM clinical assistant professor who specialises in treating eating disorder, analysed 200 TikTok and Reddit posts totalling 8,300 online comments.
In the past, the singer admitted struggling with body image and an eating disorder during her career. Notably, she opened up about these issues in the documentary Miss Americana released in 2020 on Netflix. She also hinted at “starving her body” in her song ‘You’re On Your Own Kid’ released in 2022.
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