“They lived happily and had many children” : the conclusion of fairy tales has serious problems… But “Surprisingly, despite these risks, they seem to live happily ever after,” are surprised by the researchers of the very serious journal medical British Medical Journal. In their highly anticipated Christmas issue, and like every year, several researchers focus on an offbeat medical subject.
If in 2023, they had criticized the outfit of the Barbie doctors, this year, the review, published Monday December 16, examined the health of the princesses of the Disney universe. And the experts are clear: from Cendillon to Pocahontas, the princesses are not in good shape. They are “face serious health problems in the real world”they write.
In the real world, experts warn British Medical JournalSnow White may be the most beautiful of all, but she is very isolated. And before meeting the seven dwarves, suffers from loneliness. Her mental health suffers, the few interactions she has exposes her to a risk of cardiovascular disease, depression, anxiety and premature death, the authors explain.
Belle finds herself in close contact with the Beast, necessarily with the risk of potentially fatal infectious diseases, doctors note, such as brucellosis or even rabies.
And what about Cinderella, in the oven and in the mill since her childhood and exposed to dust all day long: she faces a serious risk of lung disease. Not forgetting the fairy godmother who spreads massive quantities of magic glitter, in other words, microplastics coated with aluminum which risk damaging Cinderella's lungs.
Let's also remember Pocahontas' dive from the top of a cliff: the Native American princess falls for 9 seconds, an estimated height of 252 meters in the cartoon, before landing and diving into the water with class. In real life, it would rather be, say the authors, “a symphony of fractures”.
Rapunzel, by dint of pulling on her hair, risks traction alopecia, in other words, becoming bald. And to finish Aurore, the sleeping Beautyby sleeping and no longer exercising, exposes himself to the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, obesity and diabetes and, to top it all off, is the victim of pressure sores.
The authors of this scientific article come to the conclusion that there is an emergency, but that all is not hopeless: ““Disney must consider interventions to overcome the health problems of its princesses”, they note.
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