Experts warn about the potential dangers of excessive eating in videos. Trisha Paytas caught on to the "mukbang" trend early, garnering millions of views of herself eating on camera. Over the last 11 ...

If you’ve spent any time on YouTube or social media in the past few years, chances are you’ve come across the term “mukbang.” Originating from South Korea, this viral trend has taken the online world ...

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 ...

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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Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Maisie Derlega. However, many modern mukbangers take eating to an extreme. In a study ...