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good health THE NEW YEAR
A Special Advertising Section January 29, 2015
A time of change Make health a priority in 2015
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any of us begin the new year inspired to make personal changes that will set us on a productive, fulfilling path for the months — and years — ahead.
Health-related goals are popular New Year’s resolutions, but sticking to them can be tough, especially if you’ve put major lifestyle changes like quitting smoking, getting more exercise, or eating better on your list. A lot of us start out strong on our new healthy path, then quickly lose steam. Whether your efforts include a desire to quit smoking, lose weight, eat healthier or even floss more, we want to make this year’s resolutions stick. If you have made those resolutions with the best of intentions to follow through, you are not alone: each January roughly one in three Americans resolve to better themselves in some way. However, a much smaller percentage of people actually follow through with their resolutions. It’s been documented that while about 75 percent of people stick to their
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goals for at least a week, less than half (46 percent) are still on target six months later. Here are some tips from the American Psychological Association to make sure your 2015 New Year’s resolutions stick: Start small: Make resolutions that you think you can keep. If, for example, you want to exercise more frequently, schedule three or four days a week at the gym instead of seven and then build from there. Change one behavior at a time: Unhealthy behaviors develop over the course of time which means replacing unhealthy behaviors with healthy ones will also require time. Don’t get overwhelmed by making several changes at once. Instead, work toward changing
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