This essay sheds light on what is competitive eating, demystifies the different types of competitive eating contests, and reveals the dangers and health effects of competing in competitive eating contests. Succinctly stated, competitive eating is an activity that is not solely limited to people consuming massive quantities of food. Competitive eating is an activity that not only entails people gorging on sizeable quantities of food, but is also an activity that involves people attempting to consume massive quantities of food at a cadence that is faster than their competitors in competitive eating contests. It is an insalubrious activity to devour unhealthy foods and the adverse health effects elicited from consuming unhealthy foods are significantly exacerbated when chronic disease inducing foods are ingested in enormous quantities. Competitive eating is an activity that people should always abstain from partaking in. Competitive eating is an activity that often pits competitive eaters against one another in intense competitive eating contests. Competitive eating is an inimical activity that culminates in competitive eaters consuming sizeable quantities of noxious foods at a fast velocity as they attempt to prevail against other competitive eaters in a competitive eating contest. Competitive eating is an activity that yields perils that extend beyond the ambit of the dangers of consuming unhealthy foods. Competitive eating is an activity that the vessel was not designed to handle partaking in. Competitive eating is an activity that has transformed from being an activity at fairs to becoming a niche competitive sport. As of December of 2023, competitive eating has a significantly less sizeable fandom than certain other competitive sports which renders it less lucrative than certain other competitive sports that have a significantly more sizeable fandom. As of December of 2023, competitive eating also has a significantly smaller competitor base than certain other competitive sports which renders it less appealing than certain other competitive sports that have a significantly larger competitor base. As of December of 2023, competitive eating contests offer significantly lower prize pools than the competitive tournaments of certain other competitive sports. As of December of 2023, most people are recalcitrant about becoming competitive eaters. A person should never attempt to pursue a career as a competitor eater. Attempting to pursue a career as a competitor eater is fraught with calamitous issues that are not present when striving to pursue a career as a professional athlete in certain other competitive sports. Competitive eating is an activity that certain people deem eminently repulsive to watch transpire. Competitive eating contests are significantly shorter in duration than the competitive matches of certain other competitive sports. Competing in a competitive eating contest renders a person at a higher risk of summarily passing away than competing in competitive matches of certain other competitive sports. A person can pass away amid the course of a competitive eating contest from choking on food. An exorbitant amount of people have abruptly passed away from choking on food during the course of a competitive eating contest. Partaking in a competitive eating contest is a hazardous activity that can potentially culminate in a person passing away at a tender age if he chokes on food amid the course of a competitive eating contest. There are a host of different types of competitive eating contests. Competitive eating contests are similar to one another since they involve people striving to consume massive quantities of food at a fast velocity in an attempt to out-eat other competitive eaters during the course of a competitive eating contest. Emerging triumphant against competitors in a competitive eating contest is not without its costs since ingesting massive quantities of noxious foods elicits adverse health effects. As of December of 2023, competitive eating contests are often less than 15 minutes in duration. As of December of 2023, competitive eating contests often have less than twenty-five competitors per competitive eating contest. Competitive eating contests can transpire at outdoor venues or indoor venues. Competitive eating contests are offered around the world and offer prize pools that are steep enough to entice competitors to travel to distant venues to compete in competitive eating contests. As of December of 2023, the prize pools of competitive eating contests are often sizeable enough to render it possible for a competitive eater to be able to receive fiat currency if he is a third place winner in a competitive eating contest. In other words, the prize pools of competitive eating contests are often not solely reserved for the first place winner and second place winner of a competitive eating contest.