There are some challenges that put people at risk, and for some reason, social media users continue to take part in them despite how dangerous they can be. One challenge caused a 24-year-old "extreme eater" to die after consuming too much food. Pan Xiaoting from China died during a 10-hour eating binge while feasting on cake, chicken fingers, and seafood while thousands of followers watched. Her stomach reportedly "ripped open" while she was indulging what appeared to be around 22 pounds of food.
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Here's what the autopsy revealed.
According to the autopsy, Xiaoting's stomach had become severely deformed and filled with undigested food. This suggests that her stomach may have burst, which would have led to stomach acid and food to leak into her abdomen.
She became famous for her livestreams.
The content creator had gained fame in China for her mukbang livestreams, which is a trend where people eat on camera while interacting with their audience. The trend originated in South Korea. Mukbang video content has increasingly been associated with binge-eating large amounts of junk food.
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The trend is making its way to the US.
According to some doctors, there's a warning that the trend of binge-eating livestreaming is making its way to the United States. Some content creators in US have already gained popularity for the trend, one being Nicholas Perry, known as Nikocado Avocado. The 32-year-old YouTuber has become a multi-millionaire from filming himself binge-eat large amounts of food and documenting his weight-gain journey.
Perry eats over 10,000 calories in his videos.
Perry first started filming himself in 2017 when he weighed around 160 pounds. He now will eat more than 10,000 calories on camera, and reportedly weighs 350 pounds. Hungry Fat Chick, or Candy Godiva, is another YouTuber who's gained millions from her mukbang content.
China has banned mukbang videos.
In 2021, China went so far as to ban mukbang videos. According to the new law, media platforms and publishers who disseminate content featuring “large amounts of eating, overeating” and food waste can be fined the equivalent of $15,500. Restaurants and catering groups that attempt to promote “or mislead consumers to order excessive meals and cause obvious waste” can face fines of $1,550, and businesses that “cause serious food waste in the process of food production” can be ordered to pay up to $7,800.
