GREENSBORO, N.C. It's easy to make New Year's resolutions focused on health. The hard part is keeping them. In fact, studies show, about 80-percent of New Year's resolutions fail by the second week of February. But, before you blame yourself entirely for not reaching New Year's resolution goals in the past, you might want consider placing some of the blame on your neighborhood.
A recent WalletHub study ranked the best and worst cities for keeping New Year's resolutions.Researchers compared 182 cities across five key dimensions: health resolutions, financial resolutions, school and work resolutions, bad-habit resolutions, and relationship resolutions. When it comes to achieving health resolutions in the new year, the city of Greensboro ranked 126 out of 182 cities.
If you set a New Year's resolution to be healthier in 2020, You're not alone. A recent Ipsos public opinion survey of 2,011 Americans on behalf of Urban Plates shows that 38-percent of Americans set New Year's resolutions in 2020. Out of those surveyed, about 51-percent plan on eating healthier for the new year.
If you're looking for a way to stick to a healthy diet in 2020, you might want to consider participating in a heart-healthy cooking class. The American Heart Association is also offering new healthy cooking classes at the Historic Magnolia House located at 442 Gorrell Street in Greensboro.
"We are very excited," said Chef NGai Dickerson with The American Heart Associations Triad Mobile Kitchen. "Thanks to Healthy Blue, the new Medicaid plan from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, the AHA's Triad Mobile Kitchen has been able to acquire a new "home kitchen" here at the Historic Magnolia House and we are expanding healthy cooking classes to communities in need across the Triad."
The American Heart Association will be holding a heart-healthy cooking class at the Historic Magnolia House on Thursday, January 23rd from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. During the class, you will learn knife skills and cook chicken roti. The best part is: the cooking class is free. For more information, click here. You can also contact Chef N'Gai Dickerson at 336-905-3348 or ngai.dickerson@heart.org.
TheAmerican Heart Associationalso recommends the following healthy-eating tips for healthy adults and children older than age 2 as well as people who already have health problems, such as coronary artery disease , diabetes , metabolic syndrome , or heart failure:
Special considerations include the following:
Other heart-healthy diets:
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