江西某读者来信说:我周围的许多女同事都经常为便秘而感到苦恼,听说男性较少发生便秘。这是怎么回事?女性又该如何预防便秘的发生?答某读者:的确,便秘的患病率女性要高于男性。国外的研究表明,男女患病率之比为1∶2.2;我国的调查也显示,女性便秘的患病率是男性的两倍多。女性比男性更容易发生便秘的原因,专家的 A reader from Jiangxi wrote: Many of my female colleagues around me are often distressed by constipation. I have heard that men rarely have constipation. What’s going on? How can women prevent constipation? A reader: Indeed, the prevalence of constipation in women is higher than that of men. Foreign studies show that the prevalence of men and women ratio of 1: 2.2; our survey also showed that the prevalence of constipation in women is more than twice that of men. Women are more prone to constipation than men, experts