Research finds that almost half of all Americans make a New Year’s Resolution. And of those, less than 10 percent are successful in achieving their goals. But people who DO make resolutions are 10 times more likely to attain their goals than people who don’t explicitly make resolutions.
Losing weight is the number one resolution, making up almost 40 percent of all resolutions.
Hillary Roberts is a senior instructor of biomedical sciences at Missouri State University.