The average American consumes 23lbs of pizza each year.23 POUNDS or roughly 87 slices which adds up to over 1,100 grams of fat and over 28,000 calories.  There's an easy way to cut the calories though and you're might already be doing it.

Blotting your pizza with a napkin before eating it removes anywhere from 3.5 to 4.5 grams of fat and approximately 40 calories per slice. Over the course of a year blotting will help you avoid over 6,500 unnecessary calories.

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