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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:

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

With spring just around the corner, it's time to get gardening in Texas!

Gardening is common in all Blue Zones^® areas, where people live the longest, healthiest lives. You, too, can garden your way to better health! By being outside, working with your hands to tend and reap, you see an increase in your mood and a decrease in stress levels.

According to the Center for Disease Control & Prevention, you can burn up to 150 calories for every 30-45 minutes you spend actively gardening! The best part is when you get to see (and eat!) the literal fruits of your labor.

If you don’t have a backyard garden or are unsure how to start one, choose to get involved with a community or local school garden. Gardening in shared plots also encourages you to socialize, develop new friendships and feel a part of something larger — all great benefits to your personal well-being.

A great place to start is getting involved with the Tarrant Area Food Bank’s Community Garden program that helps community members and organizations create thriving community gardens by teaching effective gardening techniques. Community members help tend the garden and grow fruits and vegetables that are distrubted to those in need. Each week, volunteers are invited to come to the TAFB Learning Garden to help plant and harvest fruits and vegetables, pull weeds and learn new gardening skills. TAFB also provides garden tours and regular workshops on gardening techniques.

The Healthcare Leadership Council, (HLC) a coalition of chief executives from the nation’s leading healthcare companies and organizations, has named Blue Zones Project - Fort Worth as the recipient of the organization’s 2016 Wellness Frontiers Award. The award recognizes innovative entities that are contributing to the transformation and improvement of American healthcare. The Council selected Blue Zones Project because of its successful implementation of an evidence-based wellness program that prevents disease and improves population well-being.

Are you ready for some football? Super Bowl 50 is almost here, and Blue Zones Project^® wants to help you create the ultimate tailgate! Plan your party with these delicious and healthy recipes created by Fit Foods Face-Off Healthy Tailgate winners, Trimble Technical High School Culinary Arts students. You can count on these MVP's (most valuable plates) to score big before the game with tasty tailgate fare that is also good for you.