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[Watch (HLS stream): Should I Eat Pizza?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/NvpgAWn5.m3u8) (1:39)  _Published 2015-02-12. You might be surprised that four out of five health experts give pizza the thumbs up. But don’t be fooled: these are not greasy thumbs._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 13, 2015 5:22 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 13, 2015 5:22 PM UTC March 14 (3/14) is celebrated annually as Pi Day because the date resembles the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter — 3.14 for short. And this year’s date syncs up with the first four digits after the decimal point, so 3.14.15 looks a lot like 3.14159265359 (etc). That won’t happen again until 2115. In case you don’t remember from math class, Pi is an “irrational and transcendental number” with decimals that “continue infinitely without repetition or pattern,” [according to PiDay.org](http://www.piday.org/), the official website for the holiday. Celebrations are planned worldwide, but here is a glimpse at some of the most unusual ones. If you can’t make any of them, plan your own around 9:26:53 in the morning or in the evening. • Lucky high school seniors will find out at 9:26 a.m. if they got into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. The letters could be delivered by drones, [based on this video](https://youtu.be/zjw9-E3%5FGbM) released by the admissions office. • In New York City, hundreds are expected to gather around a park fountain at 9:26 a.m. and with glow sticks in hand at 9:26 p.m. (to represent pi as 3.1415926) in an [event](http://momath.org/home/pi-day-2015/) organized by the National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath). • Lovebirds can get married — “pi the knot” — in Vegas for [$314.15,](http://www.excalibur.com/weddings/) a deal that comes with an apple pie. • Chicago athletes and science lovers will run a [“Pi K,”](http://www.eventbrite.com/e/pi-day-pi-k-fun-runwalk-2015-registration-15310343650) organized by the Illinois Science Council. Because March 14 is also Albert Einstein’s birthday, participants named “Albert, Alberta, Albertina or Alberts” got $5 off registration. A sternly-worded [disclaimer says](http://www.eventbrite.com/e/pi-day-pi-k-fun-runwalk-2015-registration-15310343650), “If you show up on the 14th and are _not_ so appropriately named, you will be fined $3.14, have to run backwards the whole route, and people will call you “Einstein” but not in a positive way.” • Admission at the [Salvador Dalí Museum](http://thedali.org/event/dali-loves-pi-3-14-2/) in Saint Petersburg, Fla., will be $3.14\. The surrealist often incorporated the mathematical principle into his art • The National Security Agency’s [National Cryptographic Museum](https://www.nsa.gov/public%5Finfo/press%5Froom/2015/ncm%5Fpi%5Fday%5F2015.shtml) in Annapolis, Md., will show you how to measure the diameter of your head using pi. • At the birthplace of the [holiday,](http://www.exploratorium.edu/pi/) the San Francisco Exploratorium, there will be pizza pie dough tossing and a ceremonial [procession](http://www.exploratorium.edu/pi/pi%5Fschedule.html). ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] You might be surprised that four out five health experts are giving pizza the thumbs up. But don't be fooled. These are not greasy thumbs. Delivery is a nutritional minefield. One slice of sausage has 14 grams of fat. Pizza is the number one source. Of solid fat intake for kids. 20 % of the pizza that kids eat comes from school cafeterias. Which is pretty much equal to the fast food kind in fat finds a study by Jennifer Poti. Beware the fatty, salty topping. Things warns Lisa Powell. Here 2015 study found that on days when kids eat pizza they take in more calories, saturated fat, and sodium then usual. The trick here is rethinking the pie. Pizza can be as harmless as an open faced sandwich filled with vegetables whole grains and even fruits says Adam Drewnowski. It has a lot going for it. Tomato sauce packs more antioxidants than raw tomatoes, found one 2015 study from the University of Barcelona. In one recent study, Emily Combet developed a nutritionally perfect pizza, with less saturated fat. Less sodium and more fiber. 81 % of kids liked it as much as the regular kind, and 77 % agreed. So yes, by all means eat it, but let your love for pizza be your excuse to cook more. 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