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Constipation is a frequent problem among infants and children. For example, in a U.S. study, 16 percent of parents of 22-month-olds reported that their children had constipation.¹ In the United Kingdom, 34 percent of 4-to-7-year-old children were said to be constipated,² and the frequency was 37 percent among 1005 Brazilian children who ranged in age from birth to 12 years.³ Most often, constipation is short-lived and of little consequence; however, chronic constipation does occur, as shown in the British study, in which 5 percent of the children had constipation lasting for more than six months.²

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