Are Hula Hoops Healthy to Eat? Separating the Snack from the Toy
                                
                                
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                                According to the Poison Control website, while many small pieces of ingested plastic pass harmlessly through the digestive system, consuming a plastic toy hula hoop is inherently unsafe. To determine if hula hoops are healthy to eat, one must distinguish between the popular children's toy and the well-known potato snack.