| From a very young age girls in Mauritania are put on a strict diet. Its intention is to help them achieve a certain standard of beauty to ensure that they can find a good husband. The reality of this means force-feeding. Leblouh, as the tradition is called, may be fading away in the cities but it's very much alive in rural areas. This variety of beauty though comes at a price, the diet can be very dangerous.
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