For more incredible stories from the Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters hereYounger people seem to be particularly badly afflicted.
Survey respondents aged 18 to 34 and 35 to 49 had the highest level of stomach gas issues.On a scale specially devised for the survey, the youngest age group scored 24, dropping to 22.6 for the 35 to 49-year-olds.Respondents aged 65 and over only scored 8.6, indicating that they either farted a lot less or at least didn’t notice.In a press release to accompany the research, lead author Professor Olafur Palsson from the University of North Carolina said:“I think the most remarkable and surprising finding in our study is that almost all adults in the general population experience some.