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If San Jose’s Joey Chestnut keeps eating hot dogs at his world-record pace, there may be reason for concern, a recent study from the University of Michigan suggests.

Bay Area’s Joey Chestnut broke his own record at a post-pandemic hot dog race and downed 76 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes.

Chowdown champ Joey “Jaws” Chestnut broke his own record to gulp to a 14th win in the men’s Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Sunday, while Michelle Lesco took the women’s title. Chestnut downed 76 franks and buns in 10 minutes. That’s one more than he did in setting the men’s record last year, when the contest unfolded...

Joey “Jaws” Chestnut scored a new world record and his 13th win at Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Content on July 4. He talked with NBCLX’s Tabitha Lipkin, who happens to be related to him, about his training regimen and about how the coronavirus changed the contest this year.