Competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi retires amid health concerns: ‘I no longer feel hunger’

Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi has announced his retirement in a new Netflix documentary in which the six-time winner of the famous Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest revealed that he no longer has an appetite. 

Kobayashi, 46, opened up about his health concerns in the film "Hack Your Health: The Secrets of Your Gut." He estimated that over the course of his 20-year career, he has eaten around 10,000 hot dogs.

"I hear people say they’re hungry, and they look very happy after...