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‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ noodles trend causing burns, doctors warn: Report

(NewsNation) — A food trend from the popular Netflix movie “Kpop Demon Hunters” has doctors sounding an alarm.

The #KPopNoodleChallenge or #DemonHuntersRamen involves kids imitating a scene from the movie by eating hot instant noodles, which has led to serious burn injuries.

In the scene, the characters, Rumi, Mira and Zoey, prepare cups of instant noodles by using boiled water from a kettle.

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“Most of the time, it’s when the children open the microwave themselves,” said Dr. Colleen Ryan, a burn specialist at Shriners Children’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. “Microwave is usually up high, and they reach in and it’s a little too hot for them.”

Ryan acknowledged she had been treating children two to three times a week for burn injuries from instant noodles.

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“We’re not saying kids shouldn’t participate in fun trends, but they must do it safely and with adult supervision,” Ryan said. “A single spill can cause a deep and painful burn, resulting in a lifelong scar.”

The American Burn Association says children are more vulnerable to burns than adults because of their thinner skin, age and threshold for burn injury being lower.

“KPop Demon Hunters,” which debuted in late June, is Netflix’s top-watched animated original film. The movie’s soundtrack also topped the charts, debuting at No. 1 on Billboard’s Soundtracks chart and No. 8 on the all-genre Billboard 200 this summer.

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