Everywhere you look, the healthy choice is becoming the easy choice—as Blue Zones Project^®, gains momentum in its efforts to support longer, better lives. Now the community-led well-being improvement initiative is celebrating those who are helping to make their city one of the nation’s healthiest.

Here’s a round-up of Blue Zones Project highlights happening in Fort Worth this July.

Focus on Family 

Blue Zones^® researchers discovered that the healthiest, happiest centenarians in the world tend to build their lives around their families. Taking care of their family is their main purpose in life, and this lifelong devotion to family pays off. No matter how you choose to do it, investing time with family can help add up to 6 years to your life.

This May, Blue Zones Project hosted community kick-offs in different neighborhoods throughout the city. Thank you to all who participated, including Council Members Ann Zadeh, Kelly Allen Gray, Sal Espino, and Mayor Betsy Price. Click here for a complete re-cap of the Diamond Hill, Northside, Riverside, and District 8 events.

Here’s a round-up of highlights for June 2016:

Most people in the original Blue Zones^® areas eat a rich array of fresh fruits and vegetables, which are packed with disease-fighting nutrients.

Here’s a round-up of highlights for May 2016:

How to Get Moving Without Thinking About It

The world’s longest-lived people don’t run marathons or join gyms. They live in environments that constantly nudge them to move without thinking about it. They live in places where they can walk to the store, to their friend's house or places of worship. Their houses have stairs. They have gardens in their yards. Instead of buying another gym membership, consider building low-intensity activities you already enjoy into your daily routine. 

•    Move for the fun of it! Build activity into your life by doing what you love. Ride your bike to work. Walk to the store. Play basketball with your kids.

•    Inconvenience yourself. Take the stairs at work. Park at the far end of the parking lot and use a Blue Zones Project Parking Space. Get up to change the TV channel instead of using the remote.

•    Start walking. Walking is easy to do and free to everyone. It also invites company and can relieve stress after a hard day.

•    Strengthen your social connections. Join a Potluck or Walking Moai - a group of lifelong friends - and build social connections while you take steps to improve your health.

•    Grow a garden. Gardening is a great way to be physically active daily and even helps reduce stress. Improve flexibility, strength, endurance, and balance, all with the benefits of fresh homegrown vegetables.

Every move you make moves you closer to well-being! Try 10 easy ways to move more. Find what you enjoy and do it! The more you like an activity, the more likely you'll be to continue doing it well into your golden years.

As the Fort Worth community moves toward becoming a healthier place to live, amazing opportunities have opened up for those who are passionate and devoted to help improve the well-being of our community. There are part-time opportunities currently available with Fort Worth team, and if you consider yourself driven to make a difference, we want to hear from you! 

Here’s a round-up of highlights for April 2016: