Live Better, Longer with Blue Zones
For over 20 years, our work has been rooted in our identification and research of the world’s longest-lived and happiest populations. In these extraordinary cultures – the world’s blue zones – people live to 100 and beyond, in good health.
Our Research
Blue Zones research is ongoing – an active exploration of the world’s most extraordinary cultures. Discover the data, studies, and insights.
Transforming Environments
Backed by our research in the original blue zones, we employ evidence-based strategies across organizations, campuses, and entire communities to help empower everyone, everywhere to live better, longer.
Living the Blue Zones Way
Apply our groundbreaking research from the world’s most extraordinary populations to your own life.
Who we work with.
Blue Zones improves well-being at every level, partnering with communities, organizations, schools, and brands to make it easier to live better, longer.
MORE GOOD YEARS
The Danish Twin Study established that only about 20% of how long the average person lives is dictated by genes, while about 80% is influenced by lifestyle and environment.
Blue Zones by the Numbers
Blue Zones Origins
Dan Buettner, Blue Zones founder, is a National Geographic Fellow and Explorer, Guinness World Record holder, and New York Times bestselling author. He identified the five original blue zones–the places in the world with the healthiest, longest-living populations. Buettner’s Blue Zones research helped shift the global understanding of longevity, spotlighting plant‑slant eating, social connection, stress, and community design long before they became central to public‑health conversations.
Explore Resources
Can These Foods Really Help You Burn Calories in Your Sleep?
Fiber plays a key role in the diets of the blue zones centenarians of the world who regularly eat high-fiber…
A Whole Grain Label Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
By Marion Nestle & Lisa Sutherland World renowned food politics expert Marion Nestle joins forces with former cereal executive Lisa…
This Month in Joyscrolling: A Roundup of Our Favorite Recent Feel-Good Videos
The longest-lived people in the world didn’t live in a world free of stress. They found daily routines to help…
Talk to Strangers – and Build the Friend Group You’re Missing
by Allison Aubrey Allison Aubrey is an award-winning health and science journalist whose work appears on NPR's Morning Edition, All…
