According to the article "Should We Ban Competitive Eating" by Sarah McCarry and Adee Braun competitive eating is a dangerous, gross "sport" that needs to be banned. Many unwanted things happened as a result of competitive eating. For example, the biggest negative of competitive eating is the risk of injury. Many competitive eaters have gotten sick or even died because of this dangerous activity. Take for example the man from Florida who died after winning a bug eating competition or the Japanese woman who chocked on a rice patty during one of these contests. Also, in the article the following is stated "There are health risks of competitive eating such as Diabetes, obesity, and heart attacks. This proves that not only can competitive eating