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 ...

While trying to lose weight, Becky Beach found assistance in an unlikely place: thousands of online videos featuring people binging on massive amounts of ramen, burgers, chicken wings and seafood ...

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 ...

NaTasha Peck, creator of the YouTube channel ToshPointFro, poses for a portrait with Hot Cheetos fried pickle slices. Lynda M. González Mukbang is a virtual eating phenomenon where online viewers ...

Two Mukbang creators die in the space of a few weeks. Other influencers detail the physical toll these videos take on their bodies. A health ministry considers banning mukbangs. A pair of online ...