En áreas rurales de Mauritania, donde la obesidad es considerada deseable, se suele practicar el leblouh, que implica obligar a comer hasta 16.000 calorías al día a las jóvenes para engordarlas antes del matrimonio.

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Fuentes

Guerrero, Lindsey A. "The force-feeding of young girls: Mauritania's failure to enforce preventative measures and comply with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women." Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, vol. 21, no. 3, 2013, p. 879+. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A330687900/AONE?u=tel_a_vanderbilt&sid=AONE&xid=11dd6785.