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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

The ‘blue zones’ that could hold the secret to long life

The world’s “blue zones”, which are home to an unusually high number of centenarians, keep changing every few years, according to a new study that may unravel the secret to long life.

These blue zones – Italy’s Sardinia, Japan’s Okinawa, Costa Rica’s Nicoya, Greece’s Ikaria – count among their inhabitants a disproportionately large number of people living into very old age, especially past 90.

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