by: Mary Giunca (Appalachian Magazine)
When students at Appalachian State University selected Dr. Chishimba Nathan Mowa to deliver the Faculty Last Lecture in 2016, Mowa talked to students about the United States’ only designated “blue zone,” in Loma Linda, California.
“Blue zones” are areas around the world where the longest-lived people are found. The areas share such characteristics as healthy diets, social connectedness and opportunities for lots of natural movement. They were first brought to public attention in 2005, by Dan Buettner, who wrote an article in National Geographic and has since gone on to establish the Blue Zones Project®, which works with communities around the world to encourage healthy living. The entire state university system of Iowa is a Blue Zones Project community, as well as Dodge County, Wisconsin and Fort Worth, Texas.
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