Intermittent distention of the abdomen may be caused by excessive formation of intestinal gas, but also physical or functional obstruction of the intestines. Belching and flatulence (farting or passing gas) are virtually universal. The maximum number of farts for a normal person is 20 per day.
Samoa is a Polynesian Pacific country northeast of Fiji. Samoa consists of four inhabited and five uninhabited islands. The capital Apia is located on Upolu, the most populous and developed of the islands. Upolu and Savai'i, the other main island, account for 99 per cent of Samoa's 195 000 population.
Samoa (Formerly Western Samoa) Samoa, formerly called Western Samoa, is famed for its natural beauty and friendly people. Originally settled by the Tongan Polynesians, it was the European explorers and missionaries that transformed these islands for better or for worse.