2. Obesity
Obesity is one of the most common symptoms of Prader-Willi syndrome, and it is usually another one of the symptoms that can occur in early childhood. This symptom occurs due to the way Prader-Willi syndrome affects the digestive system and the ways in which the body is able to process what we take in through food.
Monitoring the fluctuation of a child’s weight is one of the most important reasons why you should make regular appointments with a pediatrician throughout the year; if these weight fluctuations are too drastic, they can help to tell the doctor about an underlying health condition that’s causing this.
In most cases of PWS, obesity has to be controlled and managed as an entirely separate health condition, and constant monitoring of weight (and regular adaptations to the daily diet) is necessary for PWS even throughout adulthood. Without this, obesity can have many associated health risks.