User:Zhihan Zhao/Mukbang in South Korea

"This article is seeing Mukbang from a cultural perspective, to see more information, please go to Mukbang."Mukbang is originally a Korean word that means 'eating show'. The word "Mukbang" combines the Korean words "eating" (Muk-da) and "show" (bang-song).

Many mukbangers live on saturated fat and high-calorie diets. They will choose a lot of fried foods or dairy products to attract attention. These high-calorie foods are something people usually don't dare to eat in large amounts, and many people will enjoy the satisfaction of being alive by watching Mukbang.

It is becoming popular on Youtube in recent years. Mukbang originally originated from the Korean website AfreecaTV in 2010, where the anchor and the viewer can interact. Mukbang has quickly become a lucrative industry in South Korea, and bloggers are paid as much as $10,000 per month, not including sponsorship income.

Such videos spread from the South Korean website AfreecaTV to YouTube, and then to the United States, where American bloggers also began to produce their own Mukbang. With the popularity of Mukang, the influence of Mukbang on bloggers is paying attention to gradually.

Physical
Some bloggers would pretend to be a big appetizer to eat food that is several times more than normal people in order to get people's attention. After recording the video, most of them would choose to use the vomiting method to spit out these foods instead of normal digestion and this may cause eating disorders to them. Inducing vomiting will not only cause "chyme" to vomit, but it will also bring out the part of the stomach acid, which will burn the esophagus and throat, can also corrode teeth, cause reflux esophagitis, cause esophageal edema, esophageal ulcers, and other hazards. If you eat too much at one time, the stomach will expand too much, lose its elasticity, and cannot shrink, and the food cannot be fully mixed with the digestive juices, which will cause stomach pain and indigestion, and even stop peristalsis or perforation of the stomach. Eating a large amount of food for a long time can cause irreversible damage to their body.

Mental
Easily caused eating disorder to those bloggers because they always eat too much, and have an unhealthy attitude to food.

Influence on Korean Culture
The prevalent of Korean Mukbang also promotes Korean culture to some extent. For example, the food they are eating and Korean languages are all wide known by Mukbang lovers. At the beginning of the video, all the bloggers would introduce their food first by Korean. Through this introduction, many Korean lovers can learn simple Korean phrases.

Top Mukbang Youtubers
The top Mugbang Youtubers in South Korea are Eat With Boki, Hamzy (햄지), Hongyu ASMR (홍유), Jane ASMR (제인), and Dona (도나). Some of them may choose to show their cooking processes in front of the camera, or some of them may directly start eating. They are all famous Mukbang bloggers in South Korea, even all around the world. Sometimes they claim to be the "incarnation" of the audience and will eat exactly what people ask them to eat.