SALINAS, Calif., Jan. 15, 2019 -- Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, Taylor Farms, Montage Health, Blue Zones, LLC, and Sharecare, Inc. announce the launch of Blue Zones Project^® in Monterey County, California. Blue Zones Project is a growing nationwide well-being improvement initiative that makes healthy choices easier through permanent and semi-permanent changes to a community's built environment, policy, and social networks.

Klamath County Wins Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize

Blue Zones Project community with history of low health rankings proves change is possible through coalition approach

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Oct. 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has awarded Klamath County, Oregon, the prestigious Culture of Health Prize. The honor recognizes U.S. communities that are making great strides in their journey toward better health. RWJF is the nation's largest philanthropy dedicated solely to health.

Fort Worth Earns Blue Zones Community Certification As Its Well-Being Surges

City's Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index rank rises dramatically since launch of Blue Zones Project

FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Well-being is at a new high in Fort Worth, as the city reaches a milestone in its efforts to become one of the nation's healthiest communities.

After a five-year push to make healthy choices easier, Fort Worth has earned the title of Blue Zones Community^®. This designation reflects rigorously measured improvements in the health and well-being of its citizens as a result of successful, citywide implementation of Blue Zones Project^®.  Blue Zones Project is a community-led well-being improvement initiative based on creating permanent and semi-permanent changes to man-made surroundings that impact lifestyle and culture. The work of the project is based on an ongoing 15-year longevity study of the world's longest-lived people. Fort Worth joins 19 cities across the country in earning the designation and is now the nation's largest certified Blue Zones Community.

City's Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index rank rises dramatically since launch of Blue Zones Project community well-being improvement initiative

FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Well-being has reached a new high in Fort Worth, according to the annual Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index^®. Fort Worth's overall 2018 Well-Being Index score rose to 62.5, a gain of nearly four points since 2014, when the city began working with Blue Zones Project^®, a community-led well-being improvement initiative. Meanwhile the U.S. Well-Being Index score—which outpaced the Fort Worth score by 3 points in 2014—is 61.3, a decline of 0.5 over the same period.