Despite its entertainment value, mukbang has drawn significant criticism and concern from health professionals and authorities. Overeating, especially in the quantities seen in mukbang videos, poses ...

In the hallowed hall of food fads, what in the world could be weirder than mukbang? A Korean word, loosely translated it means something like eat-casting. Basically, it's watching long YouTube videos ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Mukbang is a global social media trend that originated in South Korea in the early 2010s. Mukbang involves videos of people who eat very large amounts of (often calorie-rich) food in a single sitting.