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Prader-Willi Syndrome

Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a chromosome disorder which can affect people of both sexes.

Children with PWS develop an increased interest in food which may become an insatiable obsession. Unless their diet is carefully controlled weight gain can be very rapid, leading to obesity and disease.

 

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