Forced to be fat

Women in Korea try so hard to be thin. To have that perfect S-line. To fit into tiny miniskirts and look amazing in tight skinny jeans. Little do they know that people like them who live less than halfway around the world are actually forced to be fat.

In Mauritania, the bigger, the better. Teenage girls are sent to eating “camps” to gain weight in preparation for marriage. Force-feeders make food for those girls, making sure their daily intake is between 14,000 and 16,000 calories (wow..)

It’s great to know that some women out there don’t think beauty comes with thinness, but this is another extreme. The opposite extreme. And it’s not healthy.

Article here.