World's Best YouTuber MrBeast Confesses to Fight Disease Crohn's Disease, Why Are There Many Young Patients?
Feb 26, 2025
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Mr. Beast recently appeared on the British podcast 『Diary of a CEO』, revealing how he lost weight from 86kg to 63kg as a teenager due to Crohn's disease, which required him to go to the bathroom 8 to 10 times a day, and how he had to choose YouTube instead of baseball after entering college. He also confessed that he usually keeps a very strict diet, refrains from foods containing potato chips, cookies, and corn, and eats chicken and sweet potatoes.
Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that can occur throughout the digestive tract, and its cause is not yet known. It is presumed to occur due to the interaction of various factors such as heredity, immunity, and environment. It is common in the small and large intestine boundaries, and symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, weight loss, general weakness, loss of appetite, and mild fever, as well as arthritis, uveitis, skin symptoms, and kidney stones can also appear.
As of 2023, the prevalence of Crohn's disease in Korea is about 0.1 to 0.15% of the total population, which is a rare disease subject to national management. In Korea, singer Yoon Jong-shin has confessed to fighting Crohn's disease.
In Korea, the number of Crohn's disease patients is rapidly increasing, and the distribution by age group shows that the incidence is high among young people.
According to data from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, the number of patients in their 20s and 30s in 2018 was 12,081 patients, accounting for 50.7% of all Crohn's disease patients, followed by 3,379 (14.2%) in their 40s and 3,355 (14.1%) under the age of 20. Compared to 2009, the increase in the number of patients in 2018 was 113.2% in their 20s, 111.2% in their 30s, 97.0% in their 40s, 75.7% in their 50s, and 47.9% under the age of 20, the highest among those in their 20s and 30s, followed by those in their 40s and 50s.
Against this backdrop, it is discussed that Western-style eating habits, stress, and increased use of antibiotics can disrupt the intestinal microbial balance and cause inflammation. This is because such environmental changes are more prominent in the younger generation. Some analysts say that the younger generation's irregular eating habits, lack of exercise, and life habits such as stress also negatively affect digestive health.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
