Le leblouh (arabe : البلوح (lə-blūḥ)) est une coutume de gavage forcé des femmes et des filles, parfois dès l'âge de 6 ans et jusqu'à 19 ans, dans des pays où la tradition considère que l'obésité est un trait désirable[1],[2],[3].
↑LaFRANIERE, SHARON. In Mauritania, Seeking to End an Overfed Ideal, The New York Times, published on July 4, 2007. Accessed on June 30, 2011. : "Girls as young as 5 and as old as 19 had to drink up to five gallons of fat-rich camel’s or cow’s milk daily, aiming for silvery stretch marks on their upper arms. If a girl refused or vomited, the village weight-gain specialist might squeeze her foot between sticks, pull her ear, pinch her inner thigh, bend her finger backward or force her to drink her own vomit. In extreme cases, girls die, due to a burst stomach. The practice was known as gavage, a French term for force-feeding geese to obtain foie gras."
↑ a et bE. Bernus et J. Akkari-Weriemmi, « Gavage », Encyclopédie Berbère, , p. 2996–2999 (ISSN1015-7344, lire en ligne)
↑M. Rguibi et R. Belahsen, « Fattening practices among Moroccan Saharawi women », Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, vol. 12, no 5, , p. 619–624 (ISSN1020-3397, PMID17333802)