Mukbang videos are said to encourage viewers to eat a lot, which can have a negative impact on public health. Photograph of Filipino content creator Dongz Apatan's last mukbang before his death. Photo: PEP The Philippine Department of Health (DOH) is considering banning "mukbang" videos, after a 37-year-old food content creator died of a stroke. "This is a bad habit because people create content by eating too much, and eating too much is not healthy. It will lead to obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular problems, non-communicable diseases, and even heart attacks," the Philippine Daily Inquire newspaper quoted Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa as saying. Herbosa issued the warning following the death of mukbang vlogger Dongz Apatan (real name Manoy Apatan) on June 14. A day earlier, he posted a video of himself cooking and then eating many pieces of fried chicken with white rice. The Vlogger in the city of Iligan, with 460,000…