Lesson 5.3 - Blue Zones

  • Lesson 5.3 - Blue Zones

    Learning Goals: By the end of this lesson you will be able to

    Explain how to create a blue zone environment to promote health

    Success Criteria: By the end of this lesson you will be able to

    Create a blue zone environment to help a community become healthier

    • Reading: Blue Zones File

      Homework Questions:

      1. What is a blue zone?
      2. How much of a person’s lifespan is determined by genes versus lifestyle choices?
      3. What are the 5 blue zones? Which one is closest to where you live?
      4. Explain the Power 9 things that all blue zones have in common.
      5. What kind of diet do people in blue zones eat?
      6. Read about the 5 blue zone descriptions. What surprised you?
      7. What is the “life radius” and how do we use it to help people be healthier?
      8. What are four things they did at Albert Lea to make the community healthier, and what were the results? 

    • Blue Zone Videos

    • Okinawa:
    • Loma Linda:
    • Classwork 5.3 Quiz

      1. What is a blue zone?
      2. How much of a person’s lifespan is determined by genes versus lifestyle choices?
      3. What are the 5 blue zones? Which one is closest to where you live?
      4. Explain the Power 9 things that all blue zones have in common.
      5. What kind of diet do people in blue zones eat?
      6. Read about the 5 blue zone descriptions. What surprised you?
      7. What is the “life radius” and how do we use it to help people be healthier?
      8. What are four things they did at Albert Lea to make the community healthier, and what were the results?