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MAKING THE HEALTHY CHOICE THE EASY CHOICE™

Be a part of the movement that's transforming the well-being of the community. Together we can make our community a healthier, happier place to live, work, and play.

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LEARN ABOUT BLUE ZONES PROJECT

Blue Zones Project is a community-wide, evidence-based approach to improve health and well-being in making healthier choices easier for everyone.

Blue Zones Project works with the Upper Napa Valley community to create an even better place to live, learn, work, play and worship. When the entire community participates – from worksites and schools to our restaurants and grocery stores – small changes contribute to huge benefits for us all: lowered healthcare costs, improved productivity, and ultimately, a higher quality of life. We look forward to working together to help make healthier choices easier for everyone in the Upper Napa Valley area.

History of Blue Zones

What began as a New York Times bestseller by National Geographic Fellow Dan Buettner has evolved into a global movement that's inspiring people to live longer, more active lives with lower rates of chronic disease.

From Sardinia, Italy, to Okinawa, Japan, to Loma Linda, California, people are living vibrant, active lives well into their hundreds. Buettner calls these areas Blue Zones and they're the inspiration behind his book, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who've Lived the Longest. Buettner's research, along with a global longevity study, have led to a program that helps us live longer, healthier, and happier lives.

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LIVE LONGER BY APPLYING THESE PRINCIPLES FROM THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED THE LONGEST.

Move Naturally

Find ways to move more! You'll burn calories without thinking about it

Purpose

Wake up with purpose each day and add up to seven years to your life.

Down Shift

Reverse disease by finding a stress-relieving strategy that works for you..

80% Rule

Eat mindfully and stop when 80% full.

Plant Slant

Put more fruits and vegetables on your plate.

Friends @5

Schedule a weekly social hour with friends

Belong

Belong to a faith-based community and attend services regularly to add up to 14 years to your life.

Loved Ones First

Invest time with family to add up to six years to your life.

Right Tribe

Surround yourself with people who support you and positive behaviors.

Transforming Well-Being

Worksites

Schools

Restaurants

Grocery Stores

Faith Based

Other Organizations

Community Policy

TRANSFORMING WELL-BEING

Our community is on its way to becoming a Blue Zones Community®. That means residents and business owners alike are focused on improving well-being for themselves and their neighbors. Together, we can lower obesity rates, smoking and chronic disease to create a healthier, happier place to live, work, and play.

Worksites

Schools

Restaurants

Grocery Stores

Faith-Based

Other Organizations

Community Policy

MAKING WELL-BEING WORK

LESSONS IN WELL-BEING

The healthier we make our community's schools, the healthier our kids will be.

Blue Zones Project® makes it easy for schools to teach students how to lead longer, happier lives. Schools are already an essential part of helping kids make smart choices about staying healthy. By encouraging better eating habits, implementing tobacco-free policies, and increasing physical activity, schools can use Blue Zones Project to help students and parents form healthy habits for life.

PUT WELL-BEING ON THE MENU

Blue Zones Project can help restaurants add healthier foods that will improve customer satisfaction and increase traffic.

Our community has plenty of choices when it comes to eating out. And Blue Zones Project can help restaurants offer even more healthy choices to keep and attract more customers. By surrounding ourselves with like-minded people who are focused on healthier living, we can move from dieting fads to meaningful lifestyle changes that drive more traffic to the restaurants that are offering healthier menu options.

STOCK UP ON WELL-BEING

Blue Zones Project helps grocery stores increase demand for healthier options that allow customers to feel better about what they’re feeding their families.

From farmers' markets to grocery stores, healthier food options are increasingly needed in our community. Blue Zones Project® can help local grocers educate their customers on improving their family's nutrition and provide easier access to healthful and tasty foods. If you're a local grocer, Blue Zones Project can help increase your traffic by making the healthy choice the easy choice.

HAVE FAITH IN WELL-BEING

Increase attendance at your faith-based organization by helping your members "belong to live long."

Our community has a strong and richly diverse faith-based community. Now professional and lay leaders of all denominations can share Blue Zones Project programs with their congregations to help attract new members and inspire current members to increase their attendance. When we give the entire faith-based community an opportunity to make positive changes, healthier, happier lives will follow.

ORGANIZING FOR WELL-BEING

STAND FOR WELL-BEING

Blue Zones Project works with community leaders to inspire positive sustainable changes to policy and built-environment.

Community policy has a big impact on healthy choices. Sidewalks, bike lanes, community gardens, mobile food markets, farmers' markets, and other community infrastructures affect our ability to move naturally, connect socially, and access healthy food. When we make permanent changes to our surroundings, we can change behaviors and help our whole community lead healthier, happier, and longer lives.