Blue Zones Project Hawaii Blog

6 min read

What's New with Schools? Dec 2023

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Dec 20, 2023 9:41:12 PM

Are you a school leader, parent, student, or simply interested in all things school wellness? Review important updates, upcoming opportunities and school highlights!

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Schools Featured School Wellness

9 min read

What's New with Schools? Nov 2023

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Nov 6, 2023 5:36:48 PM

Are you a school leader, parent, student, or simply interested in all things school wellness? Check out our monthly updates for upcoming opportunities and school highlights!

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Schools Featured School Wellness

8 min read

Worksite Charity Walks - Oct 2023

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Oct 2, 2023 9:49:54 PM

Charity walks offer a multitude of benefits that extend beyond the philanthropic aspect, making them an excellent addition to your company's worksite well-being program. Many well-being champions understand the importance of fostering a worksite well-being program that creates a positive workplace culture, supports employee engagement, and impacts overall well-being.

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Worksites Worksite Wellness Featured

7 min read

What's New with Schools? Oct 2023

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Oct 2, 2023 9:49:50 PM

Are you a school leader, parent, student, or simply interested in all things school wellness? Check out our monthly updates for upcoming opportunities and school highlights!

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Schools School Wellness

7 min read

What's New with Schools? Sept 2023

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Sep 5, 2023 11:44:50 PM

Are you a school leader, parent, student, or simply interested in all things school wellness? Check out our monthly updates for upcoming opportunities and school highlights!

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Schools School Wellness

3 min read

What's Your Real Age? Find out and WIN!* - Sept 2023

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Sep 5, 2023 11:16:09 PM

Discover your Real Age and be automatically entered to win a $100 Visa Gift Card.* Prize drawing closes at 8AM on 9/21/23. Your Real Age is how old you are based on factors like what you eat, your activity and your health history. Once you complete the Real Age Test, consider tracking healthy habits each day like walking, stress reduction, and eating nutritious meals. Then use personalized resources and challenges through the platform and mobile app to improve your health and maintain or lower your Real Age.

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Worksites Worksite Wellness

7 min read

How to Cultivate Employees’ Sense of Purpose and Why it Matters - Sept 2023

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Sep 5, 2023 11:15:14 PM

Employees with a sense of purpose are more likely to not only stay with a company but also thrive in their work. Employers can foster a sense of purpose throughout the company by connecting employees’ work to the company’s mission, and by creating opportunities that allow employees to share their gifts.

Learn more about the importance of purpose within your worksite and see what Blue Zones Project Approved^TM Worksites have done to support employee well-being and foster a sense of purpose.

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Worksites Worksite Wellness Featured

8 min read

Expand Your Workplace ‘Ohana to Improve Company Culture and Productivity - Aug 2023

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Aug 4, 2023 1:47:29 PM

Your work ‘ohana may also extend beyond those employed at your organization to include their families as well. Organizations that host social gatherings for employees and their families have found that employee teamwork and camaraderie thrive. Fun workplace activities allow deeper connections that foster a sense of community and culture for employees to get to know each other, which in turn, drives performance and productivity. Use this step-by-step guide to enhance or start hosting family-friendly activities at your organization.

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Worksites Worksite Wellness Featured

6 min read

What's New with Schools? Aug 2023

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Aug 4, 2023 1:47:24 PM

Are you a school leader, parent, student, or simply interested in all things school wellness? Check out our monthly updates for upcoming opportunities and school highlights!

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Schools School Wellness

10 min read

What's New with Schools? July 2023

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Jul 5, 2023 5:19:23 PM

Are you a school leader, parent, student, or simply interested in all things school wellness? Check out our monthly updates for upcoming opportunities and school highlights!

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Schools School Wellness

5 min read

Summer Activity Challenge - July 2023

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Jul 5, 2023 5:02:11 PM

With summer providing ample opportunities to get outside and explore, why not take inspiration from Blue Zones Project and try new activities that encourage natural movement? Those who participate in the Summer Activity Challenge will have a chance to win awesome prizes*. Whether it's going for a hike, taking a swim, or trying out a new sport, stepping out of your comfort zone and embracing the joy of movement can have a profound impact on your overall health and well-being.

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Worksites Worksite Wellness

6 min read

EAT WISELY TO FUEL YOUR WORKDAY - July 2023

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Jul 5, 2023 5:01:52 PM

Did you know that the food environment at work can influence your eating habits and the choices you make during the workday? Lunch is not the only food choice we make during the workday; we are also influenced by foods offered at meetings, a company event, as well as snacks brought by co-workers, or offered in a vending machine or break room. The food choices we make can influence how we feel throughout the day, which can impact our performance. So, eating foods that fuel you, provide health benefits that keep you performing at your best!

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Worksites Worksite Wellness

5 min read

Work-Related Pain, Causes and Prevention Methods

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Jun 5, 2023 2:30:04 PM

Routine inactivity and repetitive motions can cause us pain, and as a result, we miss work and recreational activities that we care about. Pain is one of the leading reasons patients seek medical care. Whether it’s our backs, joints, organs, or other biomechanical aspects of our bodies we care about; proactive prevention is always a better approach than treating issues once they become a problem.

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Power 9

15 min read

What's New with Schools? June 2023

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Jun 5, 2023 2:22:07 PM

Are you a school leader, parent, student, or simply interested in all things school wellness? Check out our monthly updates for upcoming opportunities and school highlights!

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Schools School Wellness

5 min read

Benefits of Building Belonging at Work

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on May 2, 2023 7:32:41 PM

National Geographic fellow and Blue Zones author, Dan Buettner, observed that the longest living people in the world share a sense of belonging – a sense of community – that contributes to both a longer and higher quality of life. The same benefits hold true for worksites – inclusive workplaces foster a sense of belonging and contribute to stronger retention, talent acquisition, purposeful attendance, and improved well-being.

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Worksites Worksite Wellness

10 min read

What's New with Schools? May 2023

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on May 2, 2023 7:29:44 PM

Are you a school leader, parent, student, or simply interested in all things school wellness? Check out our monthly updates for upcoming opportunities and school highlights!

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Schools School Wellness

8 min read

What's New With Schools? April 2023

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Apr 6, 2023 1:49:39 PM

Are you a school leader, parent, student, or simply interested in all things school wellness? Check out our monthly updates for upcoming opportunities and school highlights!

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Schools School Wellness

7 min read

Connecting Through Moais

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Apr 6, 2023 1:42:43 PM

A moai, similar to the term hui in Hawai‘i, is a tradition among Okinawans that brings people together for support and fostering friendships. In Blue Zones Project^®, we support the launch of moais by bringing people together to meet once a week through a Potluck Moai, to support and share healthy dishes; or a Walking Moai, to talk story while getting in some steps.

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Worksites Worksite Wellness

8 min read

What's New with Schools? March 2023

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Mar 6, 2023 3:56:35 PM

Are you a school leader, parent, student, or simply interested in all things school wellness? Check out our monthly updates for upcoming opportunities and school highlights!

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Schools School Wellness

5 min read

What's new with worksites?

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Mar 6, 2023 3:55:55 PM

Civil engineering firm, Austin Tsutsumi & Associates (ATA), has been a Blue Zones Project Approved^TM Worksite since 2017. Read on to learn more about their success!

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Worksites Worksite Wellness

6 min read

What's New with Schools - Feb 2023

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Feb 6, 2023 2:29:24 PM

Are you a school leader, parent, student, or simply interested in all things school wellness? Check out our monthly updates for upcoming opportunities and school highlights!

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Schools School Wellness

4 min read

What's new with worksites?

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Feb 6, 2023 2:10:21 PM

The Hawaiʻi Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund (EUTF) became a Blue Zones Project Approved^TMworksite in 2016, and has one of the state’s longest-running Blue Zones Project-inspired well-being programs. Read on to learn more about their success!

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Worksites Worksite Wellness

8 min read

What's new with worksites?

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Jan 5, 2023 7:27:06 PM

To usher in a Happy New Year, this article comprises simple and practical Power 9^® ideas for you to practice at your leisure – at work and at home. The Power 9 are holistic lifestyles behaviors that the longest living people in the world practice every day, and because this quarter’s theme is Eat Wisely, we thought we’d kick off this Power 9 series reviewing three of our favorite Power 9 longevity principles: Plant Slant, Wine @ Five (AKA Friends @ Five), and the 80% Rule (often referred to as “Hara Hachi Bu” in Okinawa, Japan).

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Worksites Worksite Wellness

7 min read

What's New with Schools - Jan 2023

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Jan 5, 2023 5:26:30 PM

Are you a school leader, parent, student, or simply interested in all things school wellness? Check out our monthly updates for upcoming opportunities and school highlights!

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Schools School Wellness

8 min read

What's New with Schools - Dec 2022

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Dec 1, 2022 3:16:13 PM

Are you a school leader, parent, student, or simply interested in all things school wellness? Check out our monthly updates for upcoming opportunities and school highlights!

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Schools School Wellness

7 min read

What's new with worksites?

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Dec 1, 2022 3:11:58 PM

During the holidays we often consider gifts or an event for our team or department to show our appreciation, but a simple form of ongoing acknowledgement and recognition throughout the year—not just during the holidays—can have a profound effect on an employee’s morale, confidence and productivity, and can influence a positive company culture.

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Worksites Worksite Wellness

8 min read

What's new with worksites?

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Nov 3, 2022 9:32:10 PM

The RealAge Test is Sharecare’s clinically validated health risk assessment, offered for free as part of the Blue Zones Project program. The RealAge Test health assessment measures one’s biological age compared with one's calendar or birth age. After completing the 15-minute survey, employees immediately receive their personal RealAge results with their biological age. Simply taking the test helps individuals better understand how their behaviors and health conditions affect their overall well-being. Employees also get access to optional, free, and personalized online resources to help them make healthy changes that will lower their biological age.

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Worksite Wellness

11 min read

What's New with Schools - Nov 2022

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Nov 3, 2022 8:26:19 PM

Are you a school leader, parent, student, or simply interested in all things school wellness? Check out our monthly updates for upcoming opportunities and school highlights!

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Schools School Wellness

8 min read

What's New with Schools - Oct 2022

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Oct 6, 2022 4:00:46 PM

Are you a school leader, parent, student, or simply interested in all things school wellness? Check out our monthly updates for upcoming opportunities and school highlights!

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Schools School Wellness

2 min read

HMSA365 Discount Program

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Oct 6, 2022 3:51:02 PM

HMSA members don’t have to break the bank to stay healthy. Healthy living can be affordable with HMSA365. This member discount program lets you save money on a variety of health and wellness services and products.

Topics: HMSA Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Power 9 discounts HMSA365

5 min read

What's new with worksites?

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Oct 3, 2022 10:38:17 PM

Iconic print and resort wear designer, Tori Richard, registered with Blue Zones Project Hawai‘i in August 2019, committing the last three years to earning the coveted Blue Zones Project Approved^® worksite designation.

Topics: Blue Zones Project - Hawaii Worksites Worksite Wellness

6 min read

What's New with Schools - Sep 2022

By Blue Zones Project - Hawaii on Sep 6, 2022 9:11:07 PM

Are you a school leader, parent, student, or simply interested in all things school wellness? Check out our monthly updates for upcoming opportunities and school highlights!