ESPE Abstracts

Background: The symptoms of Prader–Willi syndrome are likely due to dysfunction of a portion of the brain called the hypothalamus. Children of Prader–Willi syndrome want to eat constantly because they never feel full hyperphagia and usually have trouble controlling their weight.Objective and hypotheses: Genetic syndromes with obesity and delayed altered intellectual development as a major part of the phenotype include Prader–Willi syndrome...