How often people fart – and why it changes as you get older

Whether you smelt it, dealt it or both – we all let rip far more than we’d happily admit (Picture: Getty Images)

Farting. Trumping. Breaking wind. Dropping your hat. Taking a phone call from Mr. Brown. Whatever you call the process of releasing unpleasant-smelling rectal gas, it turns out that most of us are doing it far more often than we’d ever admit.

And that number only goes up as we get older.

Doctors have long estimated that healthy adults fart anywhere between five and 15 times a day. However, new research suggests that the real figure may be significantly higher – and that age can play a role too.

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