Discover just how delicious better well-being can be during Fort Worth’s second annual Blue Zones Restaurant Week celebration. Between Oct. 11 and 17, 2021, more than 20 area eateries will offer special pricing on savory, plant-based menu items and dishes that are Blue Zones inspired—reflecting eating habits in parts of the world where people live the longest, with less chronic disease. Blue Zones Project is a community-led initiative to make healthy choices easier. As part of the citywide effort, Fort Worth restaurants are increasingly offering diners plant-based, vegetarian and vegan options. Blue Zones Restaurant Week gives diners an opportunity to support that commitment to well-being and sample a variety of tasty, healthy recipes at a great price, often at some restaurants that you might not normally expect to find such plant-based options.

Sidewalks across Fort Worth will be filled with students walking to school throughout October—in celebration of International Walk to School Month and Walk to School Day, Oct. 6. And they won’t go it alone. Parents, faculty and other supporters are leading Walking School Bus efforts across the city to encourage students to move naturally and get their day off to a good start. The effort is supported by Blue Zones Project, a community-led initiative to make healthy choices easier where we live, work, play, and go to school.

There’s another prestigious feather in Fort Worth’s wellness cap. The American Hospital Association (AHA) has recognized Blue Zones Project Fort Worth, under the direction of Texas Health Resources, with its esteemed Dick Davidson NOVA Award, which recognizes outstanding collaborative efforts of hospitals and health systems to improve community health.

By Leittia Knight

By Dr. Stacia Alexander, LPC-S

Eat more fresh fruit and vegetables, move naturally … and read a book? It turns out that literacy is as important to our health as managing diet and exercise. Research actually connects the ability to read to lower rates of depression and higher rates of high school graduation, employment, preventive care, and long life.

Hard work, focused effort and years of partnership between Blue Zones Project and city leaders has once again put Fort Worth on a list of the highest performing cities in America when it comes to improving the day-to-day quality of life, well-being and health of its citizens.

by Dr. Stevie Dawn

Ride or walk to a participating restaurant or coffee shop June 4-6 and get FREE summer stuff from Blue Zones Project and Fort Worth Bike Sharing. Better yet, ride a BCycle for free on June 4!

Imagine a friend or colleague is experiencing a panic attack, reacting to a traumatic event, or dealing with a substance use disorder. What should you say? How can you help?