Fear of falling: It's not only grandpa's phobia
...urces and socioeconomic disadvantage in inner-city neighborhoods increase the perception of fall risk among resident elders," she says. Dr. Wilson called for more research to see at what age the fear of falling first develops and to learn why the phobia appears to strike minorities harder than majority populations...Obesity spreading out to all income levels
...above. Researchers used a mobile van to reach the neighborhoods to measure individuals' heights and weights.Family income was adjusted to 2000 U.S. dollars and was divided into income quartiles of below $25,000, $25,000-$39,999, $40,000 to $60,000 and above $60,000. The same income categories were used for both ......arnes said. "Interestingly, residents in less poor neighborhoods were more likely to stay home ill from work than those who lived in more impoverished neighborhoods," Barnes said. "And people who identified their health as fair or poor were less likely to seek regular care or spend days home from work or in the ho...