Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest is set for July Fourth. What happens to your body during a speed-eating competition?

Watch someone put down 70 hot dogs in 10 minutes and your first instinct is to assume they must have an extraordinary metabolism, or some genetic quirk that lets them process calories differently than ...

Joey Chestnut has officially won his 18th Nathan’s hot dog eating contest title, but a doctor has warned about the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A plate piled with hot dogs atop a colored background - Ncognet0/Getty Images Not everyone spends their days pondering the brief ...

Competitive eaters stretch their stomachs beyond limits. Here’s what happens inside their bodies. Competitive eaters train to stretch their stomachs far beyond normal limits, allowing them to consume ...

CHALLENGES. IT TAKES AN IRON STOMACH TO SHOVEL IN MORE THAN 6 POUNDS OF BARBECUE, AN INSATIABLE APPETITE TO EAT MORE THAN A DOZEN JUMBO DOGS CRAVING A GIANT PILE OF POUTINE. THESE CURD COVERED FRIES ...