Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi, the six-time Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest champion, retired because of ...

As with any sport that involves the body, competitive eaters can't just show up and eat — not if they expect to compete with Chestnut, at least. It's a lifestyle that requires physical fitness.

Ahead of Monday’s big event, Chestnut spoke to the Deseret News about the record he’s most proud of, the time he took down a ...

Almost all other competitive eaters do it part-time because they can ... Chestnut said. “I was able to show them that I guess I actually am stable." Chestnut, who lives in the Indianapolis ...

Retiring from this career, he said, will allow him to hopefully reverse the effects that competitive eating had on his body ... appeared on a Japanese reality show called "TV Champion" in 2000.

Joey Chestnut is so prolific that he has to break his own eating records, and he'll try to do that with his popcorn record on ...

U.S. competitive eater Joey Chestnut broke his own world record this week for eating the most popcorn in eight minutes. His previous record was 32 24oz servings, which he beat by more than four ...

"I overeat because I’m a competitive eater,” he says in the film ... for the thrill of competition and “putting on a good show.” At the same time, she and Wehry want long lives to ...

Kobayashi, 46, is often called the “Godfather of Competitive Eating,” and credited with ... eating 16 bowls of ramen in an hour on a TV show in his native Japan. He first brought his talents ...

Every Fourth of July, we get to show off our American pride by ... for the annual Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. The competitive eaters battle it out for the mustard belt and $10,000 ...