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We eat how much? Super Bowl food by the numbers

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Friday, January 30, 2015
  • Put on your stretchy pants and get your game faces on. Super Bowl Sunday is the second biggest food day of the year in America (after Thanksgiving).
  • The average person consumes about 2,000 calories during the game, the same number of calories they would normally eat over an entire day.
  • 48 million people will order takeout for the game.
  • Americans will eat nearly 1.3 billion chicken wings for Super Bowl Sunday.
  • 4 million pizzas will be ordered.
  • And 14 billion hamburgers will be eaten.
  • Americans will consumer 11 million pounds of potato chips.
  • 8 million pounds of guacamole.
  • 4 million pounds of pretzels.
  • 2.5 million pounds of nuts.
  • And 3.8 million pounds of popcorn.
  • But surprisingly, in spite of all those other snacks, vegetables are the most eaten food on Super Bowl Sunday.
  • To wash it all down, Americans will drink 325 million gallons of beer.
  • All of that may leave more than a few people with a tummy ache. 1.5 million Americans are expected to call out sick Monday.
  • And 4.4 million will show up late.
  • Happy Super Bowl!
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Put on your stretchy pants and get your game faces on. Super Bowl Sunday is the second biggest food day of the year in America (after Thanksgiving).
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Millions of pounds of snacks and even more beer. You'll be amazed to learn how much food Americans consume on Super Bowl Sunday.

Statistics courtesy of ABC News.

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