The Week contest: Winter blubber

Last week's question: A study has found that mammals have evolved to overeat during cold winter months in order to maintain body fat, which might explain why so many people's New Year's resolutions to lose weight ultimately fail. Come up with a medical term to describe the extra layer of blubber many people put on from December to March.
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RESULTS:
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THE WINNER: Polar Excess
Ivan Kershner, Salem, S.C.
SECOND PLACE: Jingle Belly
Janine Witte, New Hope, Pa.
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THIRD PLACE: Weather Ballooning
Richard Price, Jamaica Plain, Mass.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Snowbesity
Ray Crary, Lodi, Wis.
Auld Lard Syne
Joe Valetti, San Leandro, Calif.
Hippothermia
Lynn Ahwesh, Camp Hill, Pa.
S'morebidly Obese
Kevin Spinner, Mill Valley, Calif.
Cold's Folds
Peter Bailey, Princeton, N.J.
BlubBRR
Neil Mann, Albuquerque, N.M.
Polar Paunch
Kenneth Updegrove, Cedaredge, Colo.
HoHoHobesity
Roger Lansing, Cooperstown, N.Y.
XX-mas
Janice Scalza, Rodney, Mich.
Spare snow tire
Danny Magowan, Baldwinsville, N.Y.
Seasonal My Gains
Lynn Rohatiner, Los Angeles
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