Folks will be consuming 10,821 calories and 180 grams of saturated fat on Super Bowl Sunday
In fact, 70% of football fans say they play to overindulge while watching the big game
The average football fan will consume 2.7 portions of hot wings, 3.2 slices of pizza and lots, lots more...
The research comes from LetsGetChecked, a leading direct-to-consumer at-home health testing and insights company, which polled 1,000 Americans who plan to watch the game on Sunday. The average fan said that on game day, they plan to eat:
- 2.7 portions of hot wings
- 3.2 slices of pizza
- 2.1 portions of fries
- 3.4 bags of chips
- 1.9 portions of chilli
- 2.4 burgers
- 1.7 sliders
- 2 hot dogs
- 2.7 portions of nachos
- 3 pieces of fried chicken
- 1.8 ribs
- 1.7 sausages
- 1.6 slices of cake
- 1.8 brownies
- 1.8 bowls of ice cream
- 2.3 portions of salad
- 2.1 subs
- 1.7 bags of sweets
- 1.9 bars of chocolate
The huge amount of food can be partly accounted for by seven in ten (69 per cent) football fans saying they plan to overindulge on game day.