Bowel Frequency in Healthy Children
- 1 September 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Paediatrica
- Vol. 78 (5) , 682-684
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1989.tb11126.x
Abstract
Bowel frequency was recorded, on a diary sheet basis, in 662 children from six Italian cities. There is a wide interindividual variability, showing a sharp decrease with age; we report the distribution of the percentiles in the different age groups. Among infants, the breast‐fed ones pass significantly more stools than the formula‐fed.Keywords
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