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 ...

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 (DOH) yesterday urged vloggers to use the “Pinggang Pinoy” program as a guide in making mukbang videos to help encourage people to eat healthy. The DOH ...

SINGAPORE – As mukbang videos continue to rise in popularity across the world, experts in Singapore are advising viewers and those who make these clips to consume food in moderation. This comes after ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday that it may look into possible regulations to mitigate the health risks associated with eating excessive amounts of food, such as ...

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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) will not immediately issue a ban on the showing of “mukbang” videos online while it studies whether these promote unhealthy eating habits. For now, ...

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 ...

Let’s add Solar to the growing list of Filipino food fans. On the latest episode of Solar Eats on her YouTube channel, the Mamamoo leader and main vocalist visited a Filipino restaurant and had a ...

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 ...