Fact five: Hunger=Overeating=Obesity= Chronic Disease in PWS

The increased appetite in children with PWS leads them to overeat and become obese. Like in all of us, obesity increases our risk of chronic diseases like hypertension and diabetes.

To make the problem worse,   they have reduced muscle tone as mentioned in earlier posts. This leads to low muscle mass, which means they need less calories then most of us do.

It's important to control their diet. Even if this means locking up food in the house.  Like all of us, they should be very active to maintain a healthy weight!

Luis Emilio started suffering from central obesity from a very young age.