# \frac overlapping in nested itemize in beamer

When I try this MWE, the fractions are overlapping:

\documentclass{beamer}

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}

\begin{itemize}
\item
\begin{itemize}
\item $\frac{5}{8}$
\item $\frac{5}{2}$
\end{itemize}

\end{itemize}

\end{frame}
\end{document}

What is the best way to fix this problem?

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Try \setlength{\itemsep}{1ex} inside itemize enviroment or \item $\frac{5}{8}$\\[1ex] – user56567 Jul 21 '14 at 12:03

I would recommend to switch to xfrac fractions here. If you do not like this, you will have to stretch the vertical space between your items. I also added the two ideas mentioned in comment by cornelius.

% arara: pdflatex

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{xfrac}

\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\begin{itemize}
\item
\begin{itemize}
\item $\sfrac{5}{8}$
\item $\sfrac{5}{2}$
\end{itemize}
\item
\begin{itemize}
\item $\frac{5}{8}$\\[0.6ex]
\item $\frac{5}{2}$
\end{itemize}
\item
\begin{itemize}
\setlength{\itemsep}{0.6ex}
\item $\frac{5}{8}$
\item $\frac{5}{2}$
\end{itemize}
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\end{document}

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For completeness, I think you can add as option the possible solution with the templates itemize/enumerate body begin and itemize/enumerate body end. – Claudio Fiandrino Jul 21 '14 at 12:45
@ClaudioFiandrino Please feel free to edit. Marked it CW. I am not using Beamer and don't want to write something wrong here... – LaRiFaRi Jul 21 '14 at 13:16