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26 Jan 2004 · A study by the Mauritanian ministry of health has found that force-feeding is dying out. Now only 11% of young girls are force fed. "That's not how people think now," Leila - a woman in the ancient...
Leblouh (often referred to using the French word gavage) in Mauritania is quite unique and involves an often months long process during which Mauritanian girls are forced to swallow gallons of milk, couscous, peanut oil, and cups of pure animal fat.
15 Sep 2022 · For those who practice leblouh in Mauritania, young girls are forced to consume 14,000 to 16,000 per day. Many follow this custom while sacrificing the health of their daughters. However, an ...
21 Jul 2011 · Forced to Be Fat. In Mauritania, young girls are brutally force-fed a diet of up to 16,000 calories a day—more than four times that of a male bodybuilder—to prepare them for marriage.
3 Okt 2021 · In Mauritania, young girls are harshly force-fed a diet of up to 16,000 calories a day—more than four times that of a male bodybuilder—to prepare them for marriage. Here, a woman must be fat by force. if she is not big, she is not beautiful, reports Ganiu Amodu.
16 Apr 2007 · A quarter of the 1.5 million women in Mauritania — a barren, dune-enveloped country in northwest Africa more than twice the size of Texas — are obese, according to the World Health Organization.
12 Ogo 2008 · Big is often regarded as beautiful in Mauritania, but the controversial act of force-feeding is still practiced in some parts of the country.
