The Blue Zones challenge : a 4-week plan for a longer, better life / Dan Buettner.

Includes bibliographical references.

"In this companion to [...] The Blue Zones Kitchen, Dan Buettner offers a four-week guide and year-long sustainability program to jump-start your journey to better health, happiness, less stress, and a longer life. Get started on the path to a longer, healthier, happier life with this quick start to building your own Blue Zones lifestyle. Dan Buettner, founder of the Blue Zones and author of [...] Blue Zones Kitchen, offers the challenge of a lifetime: Build a foundation for better nutrition, more exercise, and a stronger social life that will extend your lifetime by years. In this easy-to-implement guide, you'll start with the rules of the Blue Zones Challenge, including tips and tricks from the five Blue Zones -- locations around the world where people consistently live to 100 -- advice for setting up a successful kitchen and pantry, and resources for expanding you support network. Then, follow week-by-week prompts to : Change your diet ; Increase your activity ; Update your living spaces ; Build your social life. After four weeks -- and with the help of easy-to-use worksheets and recipes -- you'll see results in your weight, your well-being, and your general health. From there, follow the Blue Zones challenge through the rest of the year with an 11-month sustainability calendar that will continue to encourage you and build upon the foundation you've already started. What you'll find is living to 100 is easy -- it just takes following the Blue Zones way!" -- Provided by publisher.

Why, what, where, who, how? -- Welcome to the blue zones of the world -- Start the challenge -- The next three weeks -- Sustainability.