title: Specific eating and sleeping problems in Prader-Willi and Williams-Beuren syndrome.
abstract: Eating and sleeping problems have a high prevalence in mental retardation in general, but are also discussed as characteristic in some genetically determined disorders. A comparative analysis of eating and sleeping behaviours in 28 Prader-Willi- and 32 Williams-Beuren syndrome children by psychometric instruments confirms excessive food-seeking behaviours in PWS and selective food refusal in WBS as specific problems. In both syndromes, however, there is considerable individual variability in these symptoms.
authors: Kinderzentrum München, Germany.
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Sarimski
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011218:Prader-Willi Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology; D018980:Williams Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000523:psychology