Lift your students. Strengthen your schools and community.
by: Carol Ignacio
Imagine a great day of learning in your school. Students and teachers are engaged, active and excited about what they’re doing. They refuel in healthy ways to keep their energy high. Imagine this great day happening every day. There’s a movement to make it easier in your community.
Blue Zones Project by Healthways is now at work in our community, linking people, places and policy to make healthy choices easy choices. You may have heard about the original Blue Zones — places where people live longer, with a higher quality of life and lower rates of disease. Blue Zones Project leverages findings about these places and other well-being research to create new Blue Zones Communities across the U.S.
Schools are a vital part of Blue Zones Communities. So are worksites, grocery stores, restaurants, faith-based organizations, civic groups and city governments. Your school can unlock powerful benefits for your students, teachers and community by taking the Blue Zones Project School Pledge.
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