Survey took place 20 & 21st December using the fastest growing online market research provider onepoll.com. They put questions to a cross-section of men and women from across the UK and 2709 completed the survey.
Do you over indulge during the Christmas period?
Yes 81.93%
No 18.07%
Do you consider the effects this has on your body?
Yes 59.13%
No 40.87%
Do you worry about the effects on your digestion with rich food and drinks?
Yes 53.75%
No 46.25%
Do you notice a significant difference in your digestion?
Yes 51.16%
No 48.84%
Do you suffer from indigestion as a result?
Yes 40.04%
No 59.96%
Do you notice a difference in your bowel movements?
Yes 48.47%
No 51.53%
Do you suffer from diarrhoea or stool discomfort?
Yes 34.57%
No 65.43%
Do digestive issues put a dampener to the festivities?
Yes 23.73%
No 76.27%
Bacteria in the colon can develop into bowel cancer and other stomach ailments? Would this information change the way you think about your diet?
Yes 61.82%
No 38.18%
Do you try traditional remedies to help with bowel issues?
Yes 35.96%
No 64.04%
Are you more likely to deal with problems when they arrive rather than preventative alternatives?
Yes 70.34%
No 29.66%
Do you find that keeping your bowel healthy is as important to you as keeping other body parts healthy such as the heart?
Yes 64.23%
No 35.77%
Do you find discussing toilet related matters a taboo subject?
Yes 46.99%
No 53.01%
Who do you think is more knowledgeable on toilet related matters men or women?
Men 20.95%
Women 79.05%
Who sorts digestive problems out in your family men or women?
Men 17.52%
Women 82.48%
Have you ever had your stool examined?
Yes 20.76%
No 79.24%
Have you ever looked at your stool?
Yes 66.64%
No 33.36%
Do you mind the word poo?
Yes 10.29%
No 89.71%
Do you find having a poo in public bathrooms a problem?
Yes 59.31%
No 40.69%
Do you find it more relaxing using the bathroom at home?
Yes 93.88%
No 6.12%
Would you hold in using the bathroom because you are in a public place?
Yes 59.04%
No 40.96%
Do irregular bowel movements bother you or affect you from daily routine, if so how?
Yes 23.08%
No 76.92%
Would you discuss digestive problems or would you push problems to one side?
Yes 60.89%
No 39.11%
Would you consider using the internet as a research tool?
Yes 88.97%
No 11.03%
Do you find the internet easier to use as an advice mechanism for embarrassing issues than a chemist or doctor?
Yes 75.25%
No 24.75%
Do you link going to the loo with your general well being and would changes in this worry you?
Yes 66.73%
No 33.27%
Do you consider digestion as an important factor your general health?
Yes 80.07%
No 19.93%
Do you feel toilet humour is a male orientated subject?
Yes 71.55%
No 28.45%
Do you find that men are much keener to spend time on the loo than women?
Yes 70.71%
No 29.29%
Women do you understand this?
Yes 33.18%
No 66.82%
Men - what are your top ten toilet reads? (list your 10)
I do not read in toilets
Daily Telegraph
Times
Newspaper books magazines
Nuts Zoo FHM
Readers' digest
The Courier The Sun The Mirror A book A porn mag
local paper
haven't any
Guitar and Bass Magazine
newspaper mens mag newspaper
book newspaper
what?!
sun paper
fhm zoo day paypers
none
Have never read on the toilet
don't have one
I don't read in the loo, it's unhygeinic
Women what are your top ten toilet reads? (list your 10)
don't read on the toilet
Guardian Travel, Guardian Family, Guardian Review (books), Guardian jobs, Guardian G2, Guardian daily paper, Wanderlust magazine, Metro, Geographical magazine, current book.
shampoo bottles
I don't read in the toilet ... and I've never understood people who do. When I need to go, I just get in do my business and get out again ... I'm never in the toilet long enough to make reading worthwhile and I can't think of a more unpleasant environment to read IN!
none-don't read on the loo
Guinness Book of Records Book of Useless Lists Ripley's Believe it or Not Total Film magazine Empire magazine Heat magazine
dont read on the toilet
none
I don't read on the toilet
I don't read in the toilet
dont read on loo
None! I don't do this
Flyfishing magazines and whatever book I'm reading at the time
shampoo bottles, conditioner bottles, bubble bath bottles, shower gel bottles, toothpaste tubes
take a break
nothing
How clean is your house Magazine Current book I am reading
I do not read in the toilet!
none - although i do open the letters as i pass the front door on the way to the toilet
Newspaper Magazines Readers Digest Candis
Yes 81.93%
No 18.07%
Do you consider the effects this has on your body?
Yes 59.13%
No 40.87%
Do you worry about the effects on your digestion with rich food and drinks?
Yes 53.75%
No 46.25%
Do you notice a significant difference in your digestion?
Yes 51.16%
No 48.84%
Do you suffer from indigestion as a result?
Yes 40.04%
No 59.96%
Do you notice a difference in your bowel movements?
Yes 48.47%
No 51.53%
Do you suffer from diarrhoea or stool discomfort?
Yes 34.57%
No 65.43%
Do digestive issues put a dampener to the festivities?
Yes 23.73%
No 76.27%
Bacteria in the colon can develop into bowel cancer and other stomach ailments? Would this information change the way you think about your diet?
Yes 61.82%
No 38.18%
Do you try traditional remedies to help with bowel issues?
Yes 35.96%
No 64.04%
Are you more likely to deal with problems when they arrive rather than preventative alternatives?
Yes 70.34%
No 29.66%
Do you find that keeping your bowel healthy is as important to you as keeping other body parts healthy such as the heart?
Yes 64.23%
No 35.77%
Do you find discussing toilet related matters a taboo subject?
Yes 46.99%
No 53.01%
Who do you think is more knowledgeable on toilet related matters men or women?
Men 20.95%
Women 79.05%
Who sorts digestive problems out in your family men or women?
Men 17.52%
Women 82.48%
Have you ever had your stool examined?
Yes 20.76%
No 79.24%
Have you ever looked at your stool?
Yes 66.64%
No 33.36%
Do you mind the word poo?
Yes 10.29%
No 89.71%
Do you find having a poo in public bathrooms a problem?
Yes 59.31%
No 40.69%
Do you find it more relaxing using the bathroom at home?
Yes 93.88%
No 6.12%
Would you hold in using the bathroom because you are in a public place?
Yes 59.04%
No 40.96%
Do irregular bowel movements bother you or affect you from daily routine, if so how?
Yes 23.08%
No 76.92%
Would you discuss digestive problems or would you push problems to one side?
Yes 60.89%
No 39.11%
Would you consider using the internet as a research tool?
Yes 88.97%
No 11.03%
Do you find the internet easier to use as an advice mechanism for embarrassing issues than a chemist or doctor?
Yes 75.25%
No 24.75%
Do you link going to the loo with your general well being and would changes in this worry you?
Yes 66.73%
No 33.27%
Do you consider digestion as an important factor your general health?
Yes 80.07%
No 19.93%
Do you feel toilet humour is a male orientated subject?
Yes 71.55%
No 28.45%
Do you find that men are much keener to spend time on the loo than women?
Yes 70.71%
No 29.29%
Women do you understand this?
Yes 33.18%
No 66.82%
Men - what are your top ten toilet reads? (list your 10)
I do not read in toilets
Daily Telegraph
Times
Newspaper books magazines
Nuts Zoo FHM
Readers' digest
The Courier The Sun The Mirror A book A porn mag
local paper
haven't any
Guitar and Bass Magazine
newspaper mens mag newspaper
book newspaper
what?!
sun paper
fhm zoo day paypers
none
Have never read on the toilet
don't have one
I don't read in the loo, it's unhygeinic
Women what are your top ten toilet reads? (list your 10)
don't read on the toilet
Guardian Travel, Guardian Family, Guardian Review (books), Guardian jobs, Guardian G2, Guardian daily paper, Wanderlust magazine, Metro, Geographical magazine, current book.
shampoo bottles
I don't read in the toilet ... and I've never understood people who do. When I need to go, I just get in do my business and get out again ... I'm never in the toilet long enough to make reading worthwhile and I can't think of a more unpleasant environment to read IN!
none-don't read on the loo
Guinness Book of Records Book of Useless Lists Ripley's Believe it or Not Total Film magazine Empire magazine Heat magazine
dont read on the toilet
none
I don't read on the toilet
I don't read in the toilet
dont read on loo
None! I don't do this
Flyfishing magazines and whatever book I'm reading at the time
shampoo bottles, conditioner bottles, bubble bath bottles, shower gel bottles, toothpaste tubes
take a break
nothing
How clean is your house Magazine Current book I am reading
I do not read in the toilet!
none - although i do open the letters as i pass the front door on the way to the toilet
Newspaper Magazines Readers Digest Candis
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