Reposted from the Honolulu Star-Advertiser
by Kristen Consillio
The Hawaii Medical Service Association is debuting a project it hopes will add at least a dozen years to your life.
The state's dominant medical insurer is partnering with Healthways to help local communities boost their well-being and live longer by making healthy choices easier for residents.
From Sardinia, Italy to Okinawa, Japan, people are living vibrant, active lives well into their hundreds. Author and National Geographic Fellow Dan Buettner calls these areas Blue Zones and they’re the inspiration behind his New York Times bestseller, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest.
You have a chance to make your community a Blue Zones Community®. By bringing residents, worksites, schools, restaurants, grocery stores, and government together, you can help inspire a movement that has the power to improve quality of life for your friends, family, and neighbors for generations to come.
Reposted from Island Scene
by Matt Tuohy
If you could add 10 or 12 years to your life, would you say no? We’re talking about 12 quality years, where you can move naturally, enjoy time with friends and loved ones, and eat good food. And all you have to do is make some lifestyle changes. Nine of them, to be exact.
They’re called the Power 9® and are a portion of a larger health initiative called the Blue Zones Project® by Healthways, a company that works with HMSA to offer tools and resources to help people live healthier lives.
