This article was originally published in Rest of World, which covers technology’s impact outside the West. In the video that made him famous, Apollos Kent is barefoot, shirtless, and scooping fistfuls ...

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 ...

After a long day of work, there's only one way that 23-year-old Nadia* knows how to unwind. While eating a reasonable dinner of chicken, rice, and beans, she watches her favorite YouTube star down two ...

What happens when you combine the power of live online broadcasting with extreme-eating contests like those depicted on television show "Man v. Food"? The answer: You become an online superstar—at ...

Sharing and consuming food is a communal activity for people, so that could partially explain the popularity of mukbang videos. But is it healthy? A social media trend called ‘mukbang’, which ...

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.

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 ...

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