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A belief that big is beautiful is causing a self-inflected obesity crisis in a West African country and putting the lives of women at risk.
In Mauritania, that lies between the Western Sahara and Senegal, women are encouraged to gain as much weight as possibly from childhood in order to be considered attractive.
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