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As a mother of a 17-month-old boy, I think our topic of discussion this morning on Dishing Up Nutrition is, should we say, interesting to say

the least, and probably one that doesn't come up too much at the dinner table.

We will be talking about constipation and diarrhea, and we'll be spending much of the time

actually talking much more about constipation and specifically a lot about children and constipation.

So until I became a dietitian, I didn't realize how common constipation was in the general

population, but then it wasn't even until I became a parent that I realized how common

constipation is in children. You don't know what you

don't know until you're there. Right. Absolutely. My name is Leah Kleinshrode. I'm a registered and

licensed dietitian and I see clients three days a week at our nutritional weight and wellness

Mendota Heights location. And then the other two weekdays, I am home with my son Landon.

It's a really great, I would say almost perfect work, life balance in terms of scheduling.

So let's get started with our discussion.

We have addressed diarrhea, so loose bowel movements on other shows.

We've spent entire other shows talking about diarrhea.

Right.

So we've decided to focus more on today's show in terms of constipation.

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