Fattening room
The fattening room is a practice in Nigeria whereby women or adolescent girls are kept away from their companions, societal interactions and also from performing their customary duties.The purpose of the fattening room is to groom and raise girls or intended brides according to the traditional norms of the people.[2] Another perspective argues that the main purpose of the fattening room is used to create plump women.This is because the society that practice it believe that surplus flesh ensures greater chances of fertility and a healthy baby.The fattening room is also used as a retreat prior to a major social change in a person's life.