A 24-year-old impressionable man dies alive after overeating

Beyond fashion, travel or makeup tutorials, there are influencer Which is dedicated to accepting dangerous challenges on social networks. Both TikTok and Instagram are platforms on which especially young people practice alarming practices Challenges With those who risk their lives to go viral, win like and followers and, therefore, social relevance.

This was the case of Pan Xiaoting, an Asian content creator who quit her job as a waitress to devote herself to live dining, according to local website Creaders.com, Eat up to 10 kg plates of food

.Despite warnings from her parents and friends about the dangers of this practice, the young woman decided to continue with this way of earning income. It’s called ‘mukbang’ and now, At the age of 24Portal Hankyung Yes Informed about his death.

According to their data, Xiaoting was doing a live connection in which he accepted the challenge of eating for more than ten hours. That’s when the tragic death happened. The cause of death has not yet been officially announced, but according to the preliminary autopsy report, His stomach was “distended” and contained “food that had not been digested.”

The ‘mukbanger’ trend Emerged in South Korea And, basically, it consists of recording oneself on video while the protagonist is eating food. Pan Xiaoting saw how other ‘mukbangers’ managed to make a lot of money from this unhealthy routine and, therefore, he decided to make it his profession, even though it caused him to gain a considerable and worrying amount of weight.

In 2020, China banned ‘mukbang’ broadcasts and videos, in an attempt to reduce it. Overeating and “shameful” food waste. However, such profiles exist on the Internet. With her death, Pan Xiaoting has reignited the debate about kamikaze challenges in the country and their high mortality rate among young people.