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6 years old girl constantly hungry due to rare disorder.

A six-year-old girl with a ferocious appetite is constantly hungry due to a rare disorder which means she never feels full.

Megan Adams-Fitzgerald's family have to hide food from her and sometimes eat in secret, and also have banned words such as snack and dinner being said in front of her because she gets easily distressed if she is not allowed to eat

Megan has Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) - a rare congenital disorder characterised by a ferocious appetite which causes her to be constantly hungry.

The young girl is battling an obsessive compulsion to eat because the part of her brain which should tell her she is full up is missing, 

Little Megan is constantly hungry despite being served breakfast at 8am, a snack at 10am, lunch at 12pm on the dot, and another snack by 2pm and tea by 4pm

Her parents are unable to fulfill her hunger and the only thing which is stopping her from becoming obese is their dedication to a carefully controlled diet.

"Megan is obsessive about food," said her devoted mum Tracy Fitzgerald, 35, from Bilton.

"We can't eat in front of her, we can't say the words dinner, food or snack in front of her because if she hears those words she thinks it must mean it's coming and she wants it now.

"It's very hard on my four-year-old son, he can only eat when she eats, or we eat in secret."

PWS is recognised as one of the most medically complex syndromes to live with and care for by medical professionals – and there is no cure.

It affects one in 15,000 people and in addition to the insatiable appetite, symptoms of PWS include developmental delays, learning difficulties, stubbornness and a fast-rising temper.

Megan can only say a handful of words including mummy, daddy, yes and no. She cannot walk far and struggles with tiredness.

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