Last week's question: While much of the world's population continues to grow taller, the average American has actually shrunk slightly in the past two decades — possibly because of the nation's consumption of sugary and fatty processed foods that lack many essential nutrients. Please come up with a medical term to describe this junk food-induced loss of height.
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THE WINNER: "Oreoporosis"
Jennifer Pasanen, New York City
SECOND PLACE: "Dunkin' munchkinism"
Kevin and Joanne Sullivan, New York City
THIRD PLACE: "Little Caesars Syndrome"
Miranda Clements, Citrus Heights, Calif.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Little Debbieism"
Matt Ashburn, Raleigh, N.C.
"Sweet'N Lowitis"
Terese Cateriano, Seattle
"Twinkie shrinkie"
Kevin Spinner, Mill Valley, Calif.
"Häagen dwarfs"
Drew Fagan, Gualala, Calif.
"The sugar low"
Eric Stagliano, Carrollton, Ga.
"Short stack syndrome"
Catherine Jacobs, New York City
"Sweet'N Low to the ground"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
"Sugar slump"
Christine Sensenich, Lititz, Pa.
"Soft drinkage shrinkage"
Janine Witte, New Hope, Pa.
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