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blue zone
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈbluː ˌzəʊn/ us /ˈbluː ˌzoʊn/
an area of the world where more people than average live to be over 100 years old, and people are generally healthier than in other areas:
Current blue zones include Sardinia in Italy, Okinawa in Japan, and Icaria in Greece.
The author and explorer travelled the world to find so-called Blue Zones, places where people live much longer than is the norm.
There is at least one blue zone in the US, a small area about 60 miles outside of Los Angeles.
He is an 104-year-old Sardinian, and in this blue zone of Sardinia the older you get, the more celebrated you are.
He claimed that people among the “blue zone” populations generally eat meat only a few times a year.
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