China to curb food waste,crack down on binge eating videos
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Have you ever wondered how some livestreaming hosts can have such huge appetites? During their shows, these "big stomach kings" devour hamburgers, bread, noodles, rice, sushi, among other food, and keep challenging others to match them.


Since late Wednesday (August 12), short video streaming giants including Kuaishou and Douyin have vowed to clamp down on binge eating videos by taking down such content or suspending or blocking user accounts, adding that such video makers have caused unnecessary waste.


Binge eating videos, which originated from South Korea and gained popularity on the Chinese mainland in 2016, had previously been blamed as unhealthy entertainment because many big stomach kings purged after the livestreaming sessions, which health experts say could cause serious eating disorders or even death.

 

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Visitors view the Spring Festival dishes made of polymer clay during an exhibition at Laishaoqi Gallery in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, January 25, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]


China plans to ramp up legislative efforts to curb grain waste from farmlands to dinner tables, according to a senior lawmaker on August 13, in the latest attempt to bolster national food security.


The Legislative Affairs Commission of China's National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee has set up a special group to start legislative work to stop food wasting, an official of the commission said yesterday.


As part of China's core traditional values, thrift has been enshrined in clauses in the Constitution and upheld by legislation including the Agricultural Law and the Civil Code enacted in late May.


According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, around 1.3 billion tons of food are wasted globally every year.


Editor: Becky

Sources: CGTN; China Daily