Max (12) writes a cookbook for fellow sufferers with Prader Willi

Patients with Prader Willi syndrome have an insatiable hunger that allows them to eat themselves to death because that feeling of hunger never stops,” says Veronique Denhaerinck, Max Fourier’s mom. “Physically, they are able to eat large amounts in a way that we don’t know or can do.”

Max is on a strict diet with limited ingredients. And clear agreements are important. At home, there are even locks on the kitchen cabinets. “It has already happened that we were in the kitchen with three adults and there was still one jar of peanut butter and he was gone,” Veronique testifies. “No matter how hard you try, it will always happen.” (continue reading below the photo)

With the proceeds from Max’s cookbook and a movie night next week in Kortrijk, Veronique wants to set up a Prader-Willihuis. “In the Netherlands there is already a Prader-Willihuis, but we don’t have one in Belgium yet. The intention is that it is fully secured, so that they have a bit of peace, both Max and a number of other children and adults, so that they can do something together. support each other.”

The book contains healthy recipes that he made together with some well-known chefs such as Geert Van Hecke and Dominique Persoone. Mama Veronique wants to use the proceeds to open her first Prader-Willihuis.