Obesity
Research from University of California, Department of Pediatrics yields new findings on obesity in children
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, May 21st, 2007
Fresh data on obesity are presented in the report "The Prader-Willi phenotype of fragile X syndrome. The Prader-Willi phenotype (PWP) of fragile X syndrome (FXS) is associated with obesity and hyperphagia similar to Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), but without cytogenetic or methylation abnormalities at 15q11-13. Thirteen cases of PWP and FXS are reported here that were identified by obesity and hyperphagia," scientists writing in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics report.
"Delayed puberty was seen in 5 of 9 cases who had entered puberty, a small penis or testicles in seven of 13 cases, and infant hypotonia and/or a poor suck in seven of 13 cases....
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