American researchers have discovered that Taylor Swift’s body positive messaging could be helping girls and women with eating disorders. Experts analyzed 200 social media posts and 8,000 comments from fans and found that Swift’s openness about her struggles with disordered eating helped fans recover from similar disorders. Swift has discussed how comments on her body have triggered her to stop eating. “To hear that Taylor had the same thoughts and the same problems as me and so many other people, was so validating and so inspiring…I can honestly say if I didn’t have her inspiration I wouldn’t be where I am today, I wouldn’t be in recovery,” one comment analyzed in the study read. (dailymail.co.uk)
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