Having purpose, one of the Blue Zones Project Power 9® principles, is particularly timely for everyone during this unusual time. As a nation, we are facing multiple stresses—a pandemic, social inequality, financial insecurity, and a growing concern that the next generation will not be as successful or satisfied as the current one.
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Community Well-Being Measurement Expands
“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do,”
is a famous Steve Jobs quote that could be applied to the creators of the
Sharecare Community Well-being Index
.
Topics: Bulletin
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Blue Zones Project Executive Director named Top 25 Innovator by modern healthcare
We’re looking for people who are initiating and leading transformation,”
was the opening sentence from a search that began months ago for the 2020 class of Modern Healthcare’s Top 25 Innovators.
Topics: Bulletin Featured
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Nicoya's Blue Zone: An Example for Modern Healthcare and Resiliency
Last week
Forbes
magazine’s article, “
What Costa Rica’s Blue Zone Can Teach Us About the Future of Well-Being And Longevity,” by
Cathy Hackl shared an overview about the origin and benefits of Blue Zones communities. National third-party endorsement that has validated success in fifty communities across America raises the perplexing question, “Why don’t other communities participate with alacrity?”
Topics: Bulletin
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10 Household Chores That Burn Calories
As part of my job being an OSU Extension Educator, I teach people about the balance between calories in and calories out. Or more importantly, what happens when you take more calories in than you use up. (Hint: your body stores them up. I’ll let you guess where and how.) I have always been a small statured person, which sometimes has people believe I have a good physical activity routine. However, I struggle with this habit and would much rather eat less (or more sensibly) than move more! I really wish it worked this way, but being active does more than keep your waistline in check.
But who doesn’t like to burn some calories while also accomplishing a needed task? So, here you go...a list of calorie-burning household chores!
Topics: Move Naturally Healthier Movement at Home
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Get a Healthy Boost from your Coffee
Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive agent in the world according to a recent comprehensive ten-page
New England Journal of Medicine
review article entitled, “
Coffee, Caffeine, and Health.”
Topics: Bulletin
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Complete Streets and Public safety
Almost everyone agrees that where you live has more influence on your life experience and expectancy than any other factor.
Where you walk, bike, or run determines the safety of your outings on the road. In our current pandemic, getting out of your home while physically distancing has become a great way of staying sane and maintaining conditioning. But you want to feel and be safe.
Topics: Bulletin
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Growth in the Face of Covid-19
Friends and colleagues always inspire each other as thoughts and feelings are expressed. The following is a current example.
David Longfield-Smith, Retail Food Lead for Southwest Florida’s Blue Zones Project (BZP), shared these reflections after reviewing a recent Blue Zones Project Bulletin, focused on responding to COVID-19 with renewed purpose:
Topics: Bulletin
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Pandemics Cubed: Social Injustice and Chronic Disease Amplify COVID-19's Virulence
America’s current response to COVID-19 ranges from “no worries” to struggling episodically to acutely overwhelmed. The uneven response has led to catastrophic disease spread and death. Setting the stage and amplifying COVID-19's virulence are two previous and insidious pandemics.
Topics: Bulletin Featured
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Setting Goals and Taking Charge of Your Day to Cope with Covid-19
Taking control of your day-to-day life is always a worthwhile and admirable goal. The current acute worldwide threat of COVID-19 has created some opportunities for positive goal setting despite misery, morbidity, and mortality. The world is not going back to the past, and neither should smart people.
