Super Bowl calories and their exercise equivalents

Super Bowl Sunday is a notorious day for excessive eating — the second-largest day for food consumption, according to the USDA. Charles Platkin, an assistant professor at the City University of New York School of Public Health and founder of DietDetective.com, examines just how many football-related activities it would take to burn off the calories of some of America’s favorite game-day snacks.

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A mere three fried macaroni and cheese balls can pack up to 1,500 calories. Burning off these fried bites would take 249 laps down the length of a football field.

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Pigs in a blanket, the party staple made of mini sausages wrapped in crescent rolls, can be deceptively calorie-heavy. Each bite-sized appetizer contains about 66 calories, requiring 68 minutes of playing catch to burn off a serving of three.

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Three slices of pizza topped with pepperoni, ham, beef, bacon and sausage would require 1,229 minutes of “Tebowing” to combat the calorie intake. That’s more than 20 hours of kneeling and praying.

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A single deviled egg warrants 12 continuous minutes of cheerleading in order to void the calories ingested. That includes high kicks, jumps and a lot of smiling.

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Three hundred and thirteen minutes of chanting and sign waving would burn off one Blimpie Super Stacking sandwich, which contains ham, salami, cappacola, prosciuttini and provolone.

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One slice of Hoosier sugar cream pie, the unofficial pie of Indianapolis, complete with generous portions of butter, whipping cream, milk and sugar, calls for nearly an hour of climbing stadium stairs.

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Crispy fried chicken is one of the worst game-day offenders. One extra crispy breast and drumstick from KFC would take 203 touchdown dances to burn off. Hopefully Sunday’s match is high-scoring.

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Fully-loaded chili cheese nachos require one of the more brutal workouts to burn off: a full 159 minutes of playing professional football.

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Ten classic potato chips with french onion dip call for 143 minutes of dancing to the half-time performance to break even. Luckily, Madonna’s club-worthy songs should supply ample inspiration, though the show may have to be repeated on DVR a few times to get the full effect.

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One traditionally deep-fried wing, like Pizza Hut’s crispy bone-in buffalo wings, can be burned off by painting the faces of eight wild football fans. And if you can’t stop at one wing, consider full-body painting.

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One jalapeno popper, the variety made with cream cheese, Cheddar cheese and bacon, takes a full hour of performing in a marching band to minimize. That’s a lot of horn blowing.

Jeff Haynes / Reuters

A handful of peanuts requires a little over 30 minutes of coaching football to burn off, give or take, depending on whether you’re coaching the winning or losing team.

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