Editing Prader–Willi syndrome (section)

== Society and culture ==
[[File:Prader-Willi Syndrome 2.jpg|thumb|A Child with [[obesity]] in PWS<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esst.org/newsletter2000.htm|title=Case Study: Cataplexy and SOREMPs Without Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Prader Willi Syndrome. Is This the Beginning of Narcolepsy in a Five Year Old?|author=Mary Jones|publisher=European Society of Sleep Technologists|access-date=April 6, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413185433/http://www.esst.org/newsletter2000.htm|archive-date=April 13, 2009}}</ref>]]

Despite its rarity, PWS has been often referenced in popular culture, partly due to curiosity surrounding the insatiable appetite and the obesity symptomatic of the syndrome.

[[Katie Price]]'s son, Harvey, is one well-known person with PWS.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://living.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=173652006 |title=Two faces of Jordan |access-date=18 March 2007 |author=Catherine Deveney |date=5 February 2006 |work=The Scotsman |location=UK |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205194741/http://living.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=173652006 |archive-date=5 February 2007  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47146778 |title=Katie Price considers residential care for disabled son Harvey |work=BBC News |date=6 February 2019 }}</ref>

The syndrome has been depicted and documented several times on television. A fictional individual with PWS featured in the episode "Dog Eat Dog" of the television series ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'', which aired in the US on 24 November 2005.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.csifiles.com/reviews/csi/dog_eat_dog.shtml| publisher = Csifiles.com| title = Dog Eat Dog| access-date = June 12, 2009| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090604224224/http://csifiles.com/reviews/csi/dog_eat_dog.shtml| archive-date = June 4, 2009| df = mdy-all}}</ref> In July 2007, [[Channel 4]] aired a 2006 documentary called ''[[Can't Stop Eating (documentary)|Can't Stop Eating]]'', surrounding the everyday lives of two people with PWS, Joe and Tamara.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/F/family/problems/pws.html | title = Can't Stop Eating | publisher = Channel4.com | access-date = June 12, 2009 | year = 2006 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090725045948/http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/F/family/problems/pws.html | archive-date = July 25, 2009 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> In a 2010 episode of ''[[Extreme Makeover: Home Edition]],'' [[Sheryl Crow]] helped [[Ty Pennington]] rebuild a home for a family whose youngest son, Ethan Starkweather, was living with the syndrome.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aoltv.com/tag/Extreme+Makeover:+Home+Edition/ |title=Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Articles on AOL TV |publisher=Aoltv.com |access-date=June 18, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211411/http://www.aoltv.com/tag/Extreme+Makeover%3A+Home+Edition/ |archive-date=September 23, 2015  }}</ref> In a 2012 episode of ''[[Mystery Diagnosis]]'' on the Discovery Health channel, Conor Heybach, who has Prader–Willi syndrome, shared how he was diagnosed with it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pwsausa.org/Anouncements/March2010-TV.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714151810/http://www.pwsausa.org/Anouncements/March2010-TV.htm|url-status=dead|title=Extreme Makeover and Mystery Diagnosis|archivedate=July 14, 2014|website=www.pwsausa.org|accessdate=April 28, 2025}}</ref>