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The Philippines hosts and highlights Philippine cuisine in the first UN Tourism Regional Forum on Gastronomy Tourism for Asia and the Pacific in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on June 26, 2024. The inaugural forum will serve as a platform to celebrate the power of gastronomy tourism, driven by the growing interest in food among travellers seeking authentic experiences, as well as opportunities it presents for sustainable socio-economic development, cultural exchange, and community well-being, according to the UN Tourism. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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Arra Perez

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MANILA — Health Secretary Ted Herbosa on Friday warned the public that overeating is a &quot;bad practice&quot; that can lead to a number of diseases.This was Herbosa&#x27;s take on the reported death of an individual after doing a &quot;mukbang&quot;.The Oxford English Dictionary defines mukbang as &quot;a video, especially one that is livestreamed, that features a person eating a large quantity of food and talking to the audience&quot;.The term combines the Korean words for &quot;eating&quot; and &quot;broadcast&quot;.&quot;I know it&#x27;s a bad practice because people make content by overeating, and overeating is not healthy. It will lead to obesity, and obesity will need to hypertension, heart condition, non-communicable diseases, and even heart attacks,&quot; he told reporters.&quot;Each person has a different gastric size, but [the] rule is to go 80 percent of what your capacity is. So if you go over that, that&#x27;s overeating. If you take on 80 percent, busog ka na--satiety --huminto ka na (you are already full - satiated - so stop there.)... So that keeps you healthy, by eating only 80 percent satiety. Kasi over than that, you tend to overeat. Pag nag-overeat ka, obesity ang tuloy niyan,&quot; he added.(Because if you go beyond that, you tend to overeat. When you overeat, it leads to obesity.)Herbosa said the Department of Health (DOH) will look into the reported death, issue a public health warning, and study if overeating--such as mukbang--needs to be banned.&quot;We have to study it first why this person died, and find out if we, the Department of Health--which is a regulator for health activities--can ban such activities [because] they are unhealthy,&quot; he said.&quot;The first thing I can do right after this is to have a public health warning. And this is a public health warning, this interview is a public health warning. But I can issue an actual public health warning to be worded correctly, so that our young people will understand the health risks of overeating,&quot; he added.Herbosa said he can issue a local administrative order if overeating can be banned.&quot;[That&#x27;s because] you are promoting unhealthy behavior to the Filipinos. So I can ban it locally. I can propose for banning mukbang locally. Even ask the DICT to stop those sites kasi para rin siyang food pornography &#x27;di ba? That&#x27;s basically what it is. It&#x27;s asking, making people eat like gluttons,&quot; he said.&quot;I&#x27;ll ask my team to investigate this, maybe make sure that our Health Promotion Bureau addresses the problem of mukbang and deaths caused by mukbang and overeating,&quot; he added.The official reiterated he is determined to promote healthy lifestyle among Filipinos.&quot;Kaya nga &#x27;di ba pinu-push ko (That&#x27;s why I am pushing for) &#x27;Department of Health and Wellness&#x27;. [Because] wellness is about eating right and exercising, and avoiding alcohol, drugs, vaping... and cigarette smoking,&quot; Herbosa said.

Health Secretary Ted Herbosa on Friday warned the public that overeating is a "bad practice" that can lead to a number of diseases.

Health Secretary Ted Herbosa on Friday warned the public that overeating is a "bad practice" that can lead to a number of diseases.

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Should 'mukbang' be banned? DOH warns against overeating

Arra Perez,

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Published July 05, 2024 06:27 PM PHT

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