Well, bye bye belt!

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Super Bowl Sunday is now the biggest at-home party event of the year. On game day, Americans swallow about 14,500 tons of chips, 2,000 tons each of popcorn and pretzels, 1,500 tons of nuts, and 4,000 tons of guacamole. They also devour more than a million Domino’s pizzas. The average viewer, says the disapproving Calorie Control Council, consumes 1,200 calories and 50 grams of fat in junk food alone, not counting the chili, lasagna, or sausage and peppers served as a main course. Americans buy 3.4 billion bottles of beer for game day—about 26 bottles for every viewer. Not coincidentally, on the day after, antacid sales rise 20 percent, and 6 percent of Americans call in sick to work. As a one-day food orgy, Super Bowl Sunday is topped only by Thanksgiving.