Oregon Live CE article and video
OregonLive has an article about competitive eating with quotes from Joey Chestnut and Carlene LeFevre. The quoted doctors are more positive about competitive eating than medical experts often are:
Patterson’s a fan of competitive eating. “I find those things fascinating to watch, actually,” she says. And gurgitators — competitive eaters’ chosen moniker — may have a healthier relationship with food than many jockeys, gymnasts and wrestlers, who can become anorexic or bulimic trying to keep their weight down.
Eating for contests is not a disorder, or “in any way contributory to any eating disorders,” says Dr. James Hancey, a psychiatrist at Oregon Health & Science University — though “to my mind, it’s the height of stupidity.”
OregonLive also has a video interview with Joey Chestnut.
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