Competitive eating: Are winners born or made?

Friday, May 2, 2008 - 20:42 in Health & Medicine

As the sport grows in popularity, researchers are studying the physiology. Doctors worry that extreme eaters may be endangering their health. At 6-foot-3 and 213 pounds, Crazy Legs Conti stays in shape with jogging (he's run two marathons) and six to eight small, healthful meals a day, heavy on the protein. Most days.

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