Editing Inedia (section)

{{Short description|Belief that a person can live without food}}
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[[File:J. Reynolds, A discourse upon prodigious abstinence... Wellcome L0022587.jpg|right|thumb|250px|1669 report that claims a woman fasted for 12 months]]
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'''Inedia''' (Latin for '[[fasting]]') or '''breatharianism''' ({{IPAc-en|b|r|ɛ|ˈ|θ|ɛər|i|ə|n|ɪ|z|əm}} {{respell|breth|AIR|ee|ən|iz|əm}}) is the claimed ability for a person to live without consuming food, and in some cases water. It is a [[pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]] practice, and several adherents of these practices have died from starvation or dehydration.<ref name="BDA2014" /><ref name="BBC">{{Cite news |date=21 September 1999 |title=UK: Scotland Woman 'starved herself to death' |publisher=BBC |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/453661.stm |access-date=10 March 2008 |archive-date=23 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123151809/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/453661.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="SundayTimes">{{Cite news|last1=Walker |first1=Tom |last2=O'Reilly |first2=Judith |date=26 September 1999 |title=Three deaths linked to 'living on air' cult |work=Sunday Times (London)}}</ref><ref name="NYDailyNews1">{{Cite web |date=25 April 2012 |title=Swiss woman dies after attempting to live on sunlight; Woman gave up food and water on spiritual journey |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/swiss-women-dies-giving-water-food-thought-live-sunlight-article-1.1067359 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428052455/http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/swiss-women-dies-giving-water-food-thought-live-sunlight-article-1.1067359 |archive-date=28 April 2012 |publisher=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>