The management of obesity in the post-adolescent developmentally disabled client with Prader-Willi syndrome.
A discussion of the problem of obesity control in post-adolescent residents who are diagnosed as having Prader-Willi Syndrome is presented with a description of the syndrome, a brief case history of one of the residents with the syndrome, and an outline of the program used by a residential facility for exceptional young adults in managing this difficult problem.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002657:Child Development; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D011218:Prader-Willi Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*