The Bristol stool chart is an overarching indicator of how and why different types of poops look or feel a certain way. It’s broken up into seven categories based on a 2,000-person study ...

You and your doctor can use something called the Bristol Stool Scale or Bristol Stool Chart. It uses pictures and brief descriptions to give you a way to talk about shapes and types of poop ...

They typically ask you to look at the chart and point to the number that most closely matches the look and form of your bowel movements: Types 1 and 2 describe stool that is hard to pass and may ...