The Department of Health (DOH) is considering banning “mukbang” or eating vlogs following the death of a food content creator in Iligan due to stroke. According to Mariz Umali’s report on “24 Oras,” ...

Vivienne Lewis works for The University of Canberra and is a member of the Australian Psychological Society. Sijun Shen does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

A 24-year-old TikTok star, Efecan Kultur, who gained fame through his mukbang videos, passed away due to obesity-related complications after being hospitalized for three months. Mukbang, a popular ...

Do you enjoy mukbang videos? You know those TikTok videos where people (aka mukbangers) eat a lot of food while chatting with their viewers? You might want to think twice before watching them again.

A 24-year-old Chinese woman lost her life while live-streaming a Mukbang video. The term 'Mukbang' refers to a live-streamed video where the host consumes large quantities of food, often within a ...

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Spread atop a wooden board are about half a dozen small octopuses, alive and squirming. The Korean "mukbang" influencer Ssoyoung warns her viewers not to try the delicacy—a known deadly choking hazard ...

For years, people have been heading to YouTube to spend upwards of 60 minutes at a time to watch strangers consume 4,000 or more calories in one sitting. Not only that, many of these viewers are ...

Mukbang or also known as meokbang, are videos or clippings in which people eat large quantities of food and sometimes also talk to their audience while doing the same. They eat all sorts of varieties ...

There have been quite a few controversial internet video trends over the years. Psychological research can help us understand why some people enjoy watching things that others may find anything from ...