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Key, A. P. F.; Dykens, E. M. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2008
Background: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic disorder associated with intellectual disabilities, compulsivity, hyperphagia and increased risks of life-threatening obesity. Food preferences in people with PWS are well documented, but research has yet to focus on other properties of food in PWS, including composition and suitability for…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Obesity, Mental Retardation, Genetics

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