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Long-term changes make Minn. town healthier
Albert Lea succeeds
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National Geographic
Dan Buettner's landmark cover story on three of the world's longest-lived places– Sardinia, Okinawa and Loma Linda– discovers what these places have in common, what makes them unique, and what we can all learn from them if we choose.
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Want to Live Longer? Study Places that do
If you want to improve the health of Americans, why not look around the world for places where people live the longest, healthiest lives and try to copy whatever it is they’re doing?
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City Pages: Dan's Blue Zones
More about Dan and Blue Zones.
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Additional Articles
Making your work force healthier is healthy for business.
Until last year, the residents of Albert Lea, Minn., were no healthier than any other Americans.
Longevity secrets from the fifth Blue Zone: Ikaria, Greece
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The little stuff in life can add years to your life.
Vitality Compass & Coach show you the way.
The extraordinary story of how folks in this small town got motivated, got moving, made new friends, and added years to their lives. The best news? They're having so much fun, they can't stop
Dr. Oz talks about his trip to Costa Rica with Dan.
Getting the community behind a goal about fostering family relationships, a sense of purpose and healthy living habits.
Is the Fountain of Youth in Minnesota?
Want to live longer—and healthier? These secrets from a sleepy Greek island could show you the way
Albert Lea sets off on a path to health
Dan Buettner has scoured the Earth for the areas of the world where people tend to live longer, healthier lives; areas he calls "Blue Zones."
Oprah and Dr. Oz learn about strength, vitality and happiness.
Dan Buettner knows a little something about longevity.
Plans to add 10,000 years of healthy life to one American city
Friends in need are friends, indeed.
Make the most of the connections between body and soul.
Good health and long life abound on Ikaria.
150 types of greens are native to Ikaria, Greece.
Queen Victoria qualified as a Blue Zones resident!
Longevity and vitality should be synonomous.
It's all in your mind -- and your body!
U.S. life expectancy of 78 leaves much to be desired.
What you should -- and shouldn't do -- to increase your longevity.
Live to be 100, with a little help from your friends.
Research and passion behind defining the Blue Zones
Exploring the good life on Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula.
Stop eating when you're 80% full.
Add good years onto your life with the Power 9.
Stop eating when you're 80% full.
Sharing the secrets to living longer and living better.
Men on Nicoyan Peninsula live to 100 four times more men in the U.S.
Where’s Andorra and why do so many of its women live so long?
East vs. West: Considering the meaning of “vitalility.”
Okinawan centenarian, Seiryu Toguchi, was an inspiration from the Secrets of Living Longer article. His son made sure the story stayed with his father, even at his father's death.
Students virtually travel the world in search of the secrets of long life.
Junior high students in Minnesota take on the Blue Zones Challenge.
Learnings from an 886-mile journey along the Great Rift Valley.
Teacher in Brazil; students in Minnesota. It works.
Every 7 seconds, a Baby Boomer turns 50. And that’s not all.
Dan Buettner’s lifelong commitment to a love of learning.
Dan and Steve Buettner cycle the length of the African continent.
Living large: A topic of interest for 78 million Baby Boomers.