Popularized by brands like Squatty Potty, toilet stools help people have bowel movements without discomfort or strain, according to Dr. Aditya Ashok, a gastroenterologist at Weill Cornell Medicine.

While these “potty stools” are often marketed toward younger children who may not be tall enough for their feet to touch the floor, anyone can use them and they allow for a better posture to ...

They invented the Squatty Potty, a stool that raises your knees above your hips to put you into a squat-like position when you poop. Squatty Potty's inventors say squatting moves your colon into ...

Resting our feet on a stool while pooping allows our lower muscles to relax, resulting in a more natural positioning. Of course, the granddaddy of all potty stools is also the one with the most ...

Also called “stool toileting refusal,” this is when a toddler will willingly pee in the potty, with very few accidents, but refuse to poop in the potty for a period of at least one month.

Try a toilet stool. One of the trendiest constipation quick-fixes these days is a toilet stool, such as a Squatty Potty. Human bodies never evolved to sit on toilets.Squatting remains the most ...

Using a bathroom stool could help your stool, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology. Products like the Squatty Potty (which are known scientifically as ...

Bathroom toilet stools marketed as the Squatty Potty cost about $20 to $25. The study involving the use of “defecation posture modification devices” is published in the “Journal of Clinical ...

The Ohio State University study involving 50 participants found that "defecation postural modification devices," or putting your feet on a stool when on the toilet, had a positive influence.