So your New Year’s resolutions failed? Here's how to make new ones

Every year, many of us resolve to be healthier and wealthier. But what goals improve the odds of actually becoming happier in the long run?

Each year, around four in 10 Americans pick New Year’s resolutions. For 2016, the most common resolution was weight loss – followed by getting a better job, exercising more and quitting smoking.

By February, there’s little need to ask if people feel as though they’re failing –grocery receipts can do the talking. When Cornell University researchers tracked per-household purchases from three stores somewhere in the west of New York state, they inferred that Americans typically consume even more daily calories in the post-holiday period – 2 January to 12 March – than they do over Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year.

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