Food challenge
Food challenges, such as the gallon challenge or the saltine cracker challenge, are specific challenges or competitions involving food.[1] Milk chugging is a popular competitive eating challenge on college campuses, and was promoted by MTV's Jackass in the early 2000s via their various food skits.[2][3]
With the rise of the Internet, Internet phenomena have increasingly spread through chain emails, YouTube, and social media, encouraging people to "challenge" their friends by spreading the message to others, as well as creating viral Internet memes.
Some "challenges" on the internet can seriously harm participants. The cinnamon challenge, a dare to attempt to eat a specified amount of ground cinnamon within a minute, has a strong risk of people gagging on cinnamon inhaled into the lungs.[4] In July 2015, a four-year-old boy died of asphyxiation after ingesting cinnamon.[5]
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- ^ "Matt Stonie beats Joey Chestnut to win Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest" ESPN. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
- ^ Young, Luke (2006-08-29). "Chugging for glory". Technician. Archived from the original on 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2010-07-12.
- ^ Colin Campbell; Taylor Knop (June 16, 2015). "NC legislators chug milk in annual contest". News & Observer.
- ^ Painter, Kim. "Cinnamon challenge". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
- ^ "Kentucky Mom Urges Kids To Stop 'Cinnamon Challenge' After Son Dies: 'Cinnamon Can Kill'". Medical Daily. June 9, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2016.