What is constipation?

What is constipation?

Author: Today’s Most Interesting Quest July 31, 2019 Duration: 1:22
Parents use the term constipation in many different ways but what is constipation? How does what defines constipation change over time?

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Duration: 4:54
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Constipation [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:31
What defines constipation? When should you be worried? How can you treat it?
Teen social media use [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:34
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Growth charts [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:48
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Teething [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 3:56
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New look, new style [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 0:48
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