A morbid obese tapikin known for sharing videos of themselves Binge-Eeten died at the age of 24 of weight-related health problems.
Efecan Kultur, who had 155,000 followers on Tiktok, was known in his native Turkey as a 'Mukbang' streamer.
Mukbang is a kind of online broadcast in which a maker of content consumes different quantities of food while talking to the audience. It has become a global trend since the mid -2010.
Efecan, who died on Friday 7 March, had been admitted to hospital since December 2024 due to health problems due to overweight.
He could no longer get up and suffered from breathing problems and constant bruises because of his size that caused mobility problems.
Bedrid and unable to breathe without a machine, he was not even able to visit his mother's grave after she reportedly died a year ago.
Efecan was allowed to continue his treatment at home, where he eventually died.
His funeral was held in the Celaliye -Moskee in the Buyukcekmece Celaliye district, in the province of Istanbul, before his body was buried on the Silivri Gumusyaka Cemetery.
A morbid obese Turkish Tiktoker who would share videos of themselves died at the age of 24 due to weight-related health problems
Undated image of Efecan Kultur
Muckbang is a kind of online broadcast in which a maker of content consumes different quantities of food while talking to the audience
Efecan is not the first maker of content that lost their lives in a tragic young age as a result of eating for views.
A binge-eating live streamer in China died while broadcasting a 10-hour binge to her followers.
Pan Xiaoting died of a suspected belly crack on July 14, pouring on 10 kg of food.
Autopsy results revealed that her stomach had been seriously deformed and filled with undigested food, which suggests that her stomach could have burst, causing stomach acid and food to leak in her belly.
The Mukbang trend has become increasingly extreme, with Mukbangers often eating larger quantities of unhealthy food
Efecan died on Friday, March 7. He reportedly could no longer get up because of his excessive weight
Efecan Kultur had 155,000 followers on Tiktok
Efecan had been admitted to hospital since December 2024 due to health problems due to overweight
His funeral was held in the Celaliye -Moskee in the Buyukcekmece Celaliye district, in the province of Istanbul
Efecan is not the first maker of content that lost their lives at a tragic young age as a result of eating for a view
Xiaoting – who was a morbid obese – became famous in China for her Mukbang Live Streams.
In January 2023 Tiktok -star Taylor Brice Lejeune (online known as Waffler69), who had around 1.7 million followers on the platform, from a suspected heart attack.
Taylor, who was only 33 years old at the time of his death, was known for his quirky videos for assessing food, in which he would consume novelty food and expire messages, including promotional Addams family grain from the 90s.
Large quantities of canned cheese burgers and a gigantic froot loop belonged to the foods he consumed online.
The Mukbang trend has become increasingly extreme, with Mukbangers often eating larger quantities of unhealthy food, so that doctors are warned that more people can die.
