7 health resolutions your GP wants you to make

Forget making lofty promises you’ll just break in a week or two, these health rules are ideal to follow all year round.

Are you part of the 30 million people across the UK who made New Year's resolutions this time last year? Unsurprisingly, only one in five of us lasted a month, while the average time to quit was seven weeks. Just like the diet and gym industry, in January your GP prepares for an influx of people keen to tackle the usual vices - smoking, drinking and diet. While all are very important and laudable, here are the resolutions I'd like my patients to consider too.

1 DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF