ORLANDO — Using SMART goals can improve interpersonal educational programs, according to an expert.At the annual American College of Lifestyle Medicine conference, Mary L. Wagner, PharmD, MS ...

SMART goals narrowly define success such that, let’s say, only one percent of the time, they work out exactly as predicted. To the brain, this means that the other 99 percent of the time, we are ...

With a SMART goal, you might have to define it like, “By the first day of summer, I will have worked out for five hours per week, lost 20 pounds, and increased my muscle mass by 5%.” ...