PWS Diet Initiative II: exploring diet as intervention for Prader-Willi Syndrome

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Trend is excited to announce its 2nd Exploration focused on diet as an intervention in Prader-Willi Syndrome.

RATIONALE
Outside of the ketogenic diet for the treatment of epilepsy, the importance of diet & nutrition in orphan disease as clinical intervention is not well understood.  Anecdotal reports from parents of children with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) suggest that a modified version of the ketogenic diet may have beneficial effects in PWS. Although diet has been extensively used and studied as a therapeutic intervention for epilepsy, its use as an intervention for those with PWS has not been tested in clinical trials.
 
In August 2015 Beth Zupec-Kania, consultant nutritionist for the Charlie Foundation, followed and advised a group of individuals with PWS for 6 months in order to explore the effectiveness and benefits of the ketogenic diet for those living with this rare condition.

​The Diet Initiative concluded in February 2016 and the results will be presented at the IPWSO conference in July 2016.
 
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