Blue zones – Regions where people live exceptionally long lives (2016)

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

5 points·ericciarla··6 comments

This is not an article this is barely news. This is the NIH inexplicably plugging Blue Zones LLC.

"Authors’ Note: To join the Blue Zones mission, contact . More information about the project can be obtained at https://communities.bluezonesproject.com/. The authors disclose the following conflicts of interest: Dan Buettner is the CEO of Blue Zones and Sam Skemp works at Blue Zones as Program Manager."

Nice catch, brought to you by Blue Zones LLC (We make money using a fake longevity research to effect "positive change" in communities)

That's... something. I was operating under the assumption that NIH had higher standards to declare conflict of interests. Was this peer reviewed?

A recent episode of Freakonomics recently eviscerated this research.

"The number of supercentenarians in an area tends to fall dramatically about 100 years after accurate birth records are introduced" https://freakonomics.com/podcast/signs-of-progress-one-year-...

Loma Linda, CA, USA; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Sardinia, Italy; Ikaria, Greece; Okinawa, Japan

How many of these places have a sufficiently weak government as to permit pension fraud? Grandpa can "live" quite a long time if there's a paycheck rolling in every month.

Walk a bit, have some friends, don’t be broke, don’t drink too much, live a little longer: news at 11

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