Dietary fiber intake, stool frequency and colonic transit time in chronic functional constipation in children
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Dietary fiber intake, stool frequency and colonic transit time in chronic functional constipation in children.
The objective of the present study was to evaluate associations between fiber intake, colonic transit time and stool frequency. Thirty-eight patients aged 4 to 14 years were submitted to alimentary evaluation and to measurement of colonic transit time. The median fiber intake of the total sample was age + 10.3 g/day. Only 18.4% of the subjects presented a daily dietary fiber intake below the le...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0100-879X
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2001000900007