Forget about finances. Next year, Americans are resolving to do something about their health.
The 1,006 people who responded online to Munich-based Allianz Life Insurance’s seventh annual New Years Resolution Survey were more likely to choose health over wealth when revealing their priorities for 2016.
Forty-four percent of respondents report that their top focus in the New Year will be their health, versus 29 percent who said they would be more concerned about their finances.
In December 2014, 49 percent of respondents named health as their top priority for 2015, followed by financial stability at 30 percent.
In this year’s survey, money and wellness outranked career/employment, at 13 percent, education at 9 percent and entertainment/leisure at 5 percent.
When asked which resolutions they were most likely to make and actually keep, diet and exercise edged out better money management, 43 percent to 41 percent, respectively.
When respondents were asked what kind of professional guidance they wanted most, 37 percent chose a financial professional, 28 percent chose a nutritionist and 23 percent chose a personal trainer.