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Blue zones

LC control no.sh2014002228
Topical headingBlue zones
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Variant(s)Zones, Blue
See alsoLongevity
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Medical geography
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Found inWork cat: DeMoss, A. Assessing the added value of the Blue Zones designation on employee health status, 2014.
Wikipedia, Sept. 3, 2014 (Blue zone, a concept used to identify a demographic and/or geographic area of the world where people live measurably longer lives)
Buettner, D. The blue zones, 2009.
New York Times online, Sept. 8, 2014: article The island where people forget to die, October 24, 2012 (... they identified a region of Sardinia's Nuoro province as the place with the highest concentration of male centenarians in the world. As they zeroed in on a cluster of villages high in Nuoro's mountains, they drew a boundary in blue ink on a map and began referring to the area inside as the "blue zone")
Not found inBritannica online, Sept. 8, 2014