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Fortune
Alexa Mikhail

Blue zones—where people live the longest—prove you're only as healthy as those you're surrounded by. Here's why

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Have you ever heard that you're the perfect combination of your five closest friends? While research on this topic is sparse, the people around you indeed play a pivotal role in your behavior and choices. 

We are incredibly influenced by others’ habits even if we don’t notice it, Dan Buettner, founder of the Blue Zones LLC explains in his Netflix documentary, Living to 100. It’s one reason the global blue zones create the longest-living and healthiest people. After all, they are clusters of people who live, learn, and work alongside each other. 

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