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This essay sheds light on what is competitive eating, demystifies the different types of competitive eating contests, and reveals the dangers and health effects of competing in competitive eating contests. Succinctly stated, competitive eating is an activity that is not solely limited to people consuming massive quantities of food. Competitive eating is an activity that not only entails people gorging on sizeable quantities of food, but is also an activity that involves people attempting to consume massive quantities of food at a cadence that is faster than their competitors in competitive eating contests. It is an insalubrious activity to devour unhealthy foods and the adverse health effects elicited from consuming unhealthy foods are significantly exacerbated when chronic disease inducing foods are ingested in enormous quantities. Competitive eating is an activity that people should always abstain from partaking in. Competitive eating is an activity that often pits competitive eaters against one another in intense competitive eating contests. Competitive eating is an inimical activity that culminates in competitive eaters consuming sizeable quantities of noxious foods at a fast velocity as they attempt to prevail against other competitive eaters in a competitive eating contest. Competitive eating is an activity that yields perils that extend beyond the ambit of the dangers of consuming unhealthy foods. Competitive eating is an activity that the vessel was not designed to handle partaking in. Competitive eating is an activity that has transformed from being an activity at fairs to becoming a niche competitive sport. As of December of 2023, competitive eating has a significantly less sizeable fandom than certain other competitive sports which renders it less lucrative than certain other competitive sports that have a significantly more sizeable fandom. As of December of 2023, competitive eating also has a smaller competitor base than certain other sports.