West Virginia University and Morgantown city leaders are working together to create solutions for the area’s health problems at their source by creating a community that supports wholeness and improves physical, mental and social well-being for residents.
Preliminary efforts are underway to bring Blue Zones Project—a community-based wellness initiative designed to enable residents to live longer, happier lives with lower rates of chronic disease and a higher quality of life— to WVU and the city. If the initial assessment phase proves successful, WVU will become the first Blue Zones Certified university in the world.
Read the complete story here.
