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 ...

MANILA – The Philippines’ Health Ministry is considering banning “mukbang” vlogs after a 37-year-old food content creator died due to a stroke. Mukbang – a portmanteau of the Korean words “meokda” ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health wants to meet with food vloggers in line with its efforts to regulate overeating or “mukbang” videos, a DOH official said yesterday. Health Assistant ...

A report in 2016 attributed the growing popularity of mukbang due to viewers feeling the loneliness of living in a single-person household. — Image by freepik The Health Ministry in the Philippines ...

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South Korean vlogger Tzuyang and comedian Kim Ji-young came under fire after they were accused of mocking Filipinos’ accents and their ways of living in a mukbang vlog. Mukbang, from the Korean word ...

The Iligan City vlogger, who has a following of 460,000, suffered a heart attack and lapsed into a coma before succumbing to a hemorrhagic stroke. - Philippine Daily Inquirer MANILA: The Department of ...

MANILA, Philippines —The Department of Health (DOH) is considering banning “mukbang” vlogs after a 37-year-old food content creator died due to a stroke. “It’s a bad practice because people make ...