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2.1 Blue Zones® Scavenger Hunt 2.2 Introduction to Environment Matters 2.3 Blue Zones Life Radius® 2.4 Blue Zones Project® Puska P, Jaini P. The North Karelia Project: Prevention of cardiovascular disease in Finland through population-based lifestyle interventions. Am J Lifestyle Med . 2020;14(5):495-499. Published 2020 Mar 19. https://doi.org/10.1177/1559827620910981 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7444010/ Buettner D. What happened when Finland's unhealthiest town went on a diet. Blue Zones. https://www.bluezones.com/2018/05/finlands-unhealthiest-town-went-on-diet/ . Accessed July 17, 2025. Staff of the Albert Lea Tribune . Vitality Project participants add an average of 3 years of life expectancy. Albert Lea Tribune . October 13, 2009. https://www.albertleatribune.com/2009/10/vitality-project-participants-add-an-average-of-3-years-of-life-expectancy/ . Accessed July 17, 2025. Blue Zones Project. Albert Lea, MN: A Blue Zones Project case study. October 2018. https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/217817/BZP_AlbertLea_CaseStudy_102618.pdf . Accessed June 18, 2025. Blue Zones Project. Albert Lea: Operation Transformation. https://youtu.be/so_1etvOJiw?si=sd9-yg493RYvle9P . Published Feb 9, 2017. Accessed July 17, 2025. Blue Zones. Blue Zone Project resources. https://info.bluezonesproject.com/resources . Accessed July 17, 2025. Blue Zones. Make the healthy choice the easy choice. https://info.bluezonesproject.com/home . Accessed July 17, 2025. Roundtable on Population Health Improvement; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Institute of Medicine. Business Engagement in Building Healthy Communities: Workshop Summary . National Academies Press (US); 2015. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26042323/ . Accessed October 13, 2025. Blue Zones. Live better, longer. https://www.bluezones.com/ . Accessed July 17, 2025. Blue Zones. Our approach. https://www.bluezones.com/approach/ . Accessed July 17, 2025. Blue Zones. First Blue Zones community certification in Southeast U.S.—eight communities' stunning well-being transformations. https://www.bluezones.com/2023/02/blue-zones-project-southwest-floridas-well-being-transformation/ . Accessed July 17, 2025. The Business Press. Sustainability: Fort Worth moves up in ranking of healthy cities. May 14, 2019. https://fortworthbusiness.com/health-care/fort-worth-moves-up-in-ranking-of-healthy-cities/ . Accessed July 17, 2025. Gallup. Well-Being Index. https://www.gallup.com/topic/well-being-index.aspx . Accessed July 17, 2025. Blue Zones. Project results. www.bluezones.com/blue-zones-project-results/ . Accessed July 17, 2025.