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Why is Italy considered a blue zone?

Sardinia, particularly the mountainous region of Barbagia in the southeast, became one of the first identified Blue Zones due to its unusually high number of centenarians – people who live past the age of 100.



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Sardinia is one of the world's 'Blue Zones.' People eat 'peasant food,' walk lots, and prioritize family over work. Sardinia, Italy, was the first Blue Zone — where people regularly live to 100 — to be identified. Dan Buettner, who studies these longevity hotspots, has a new Netflix series out about Blue Zones.

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Sardinia is one of the world's 'Blue Zones.' People eat 'peasant food,' walk lots, and prioritize family over work. Sardinia, Italy, was the first Blue Zone — where people regularly live to 100 — to be identified. Dan Buettner, who studies these longevity hotspots, has a new Netflix series out about Blue Zones.

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Today, a community of about 9,000 Adventists in the Loma Linda area are the core of America's blue zone region.

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Sardinia, particularly the mountainous region of Barbagia in the southeast, became one of the first identified Blue Zones due to its unusually high number of centenarians – people who live past the age of 100.

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The Venice Free Zone is one of the only two Italian free zones recognized by the European Union.

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