Quick guide to... Constipation in children

4 October 2010 1 min read Health

Earlier this year, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) published its first national guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of constipation in children and young people. Risk factors that make children susceptible to constipation include low birth weight, low fibre intake, obesity, dehydration, illness and fever. Boys and girls are equally affected, as are both breastand bottle-fed infants

30% of children in the UK are affected by constipation

5 the age children can start to be given wholegrain cereals

25% referrals to paediatric gastroenterology for constipation

Source: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, World Health Organization

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