On June 14 at 8 PM (local time), Filipino Mukbang YouTuber Dongz Apatan passed away just one day after filming himself eating chicken. After Apatan’s death, the Philippines' health minister, Teodoro Herbosa, said that he was considering banning “Mukbang.”

Apatan lived in Iligan City, on the southern island of Mindanao, and posted a video of himself cooking chicken and rice the day before his death. His cause of death was a fatal heart attack.

Minister Herbosa claimed, "They (eating YouTubers) are making people eat like big eaters. Overeating is unhealthy. This leads to obesity," he pointed out, showing his genuine care for the Filipino public.

Minister Herbosa and the Filipino Health Ministry are seeking to ban Mukbang content from SNS platforms, deciding on the official investigation finds that Mukbang was related to Apatan’s death.

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