Preparing for a Healthy, Happy New Year: Tufts experts share their tips for choosing--and achieving--health goals for the new year.

The article shares tips from experts at private research university Tufts University for choosing and achieving health goals for the new year. A healthy dietary pattern is said to be one of the most effective tools for preventing and lowering risk for chronic diseases. Studies show that a loss of 5 or 10 percent of an individual's body weight over a year can have an impact on health. Friedman School Dean Dariush Mozaffarian is said to be against counting calories and cutting out fats.