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The Blue Zones Evolution

10 New Lessons for Living Your Longest Life in Full Health
Series: The Blue Zones
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Twenty years after finding the blue zones, best-selling author Dan Buettner reveals four new longevity hotspots and the powerful lessons they offer for adding up to 12 more healthy years to your life. What if the future of longevity isn't just about living longer—but living better?... Read More
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Twenty years after finding the blue zones, best-selling author Dan Buettner reveals four new longevity hotspots and the powerful lessons they offer for adding up to 12 more healthy years to your life.

What if the future of longevity isn't just about living longer—but living better?

In The Blue Zones Evolution, best-selling author and longevity expert Dan Buettner journeys beyond the original blue zones to explore extraordinary places that are redefining what it means to age well. In these extraordinary places, people aren't just reaching impressive ages, they're extending their health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE), living up to 12 more years in good health than the average American.

Through immersive reporting, cutting-edge science, and remarkable real-world stories, Buettner unveils the lifestyle habits, cultural values, food traditions, and community structures that help these populations thrive. From "being mean to cars" for more pedestrian-friendly streets to the impact of volunteering, these four HALE zones show how public policy, generational wisdom, and the power of connection can impact the communities we live in to create remarkable health outcomes for ourselves.

Practical and deeply inspiring, The Blue Zones Evolution offers a new blueprint for longevity, adding not just years to life, but life to your years.

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  • The Blue Zones Evolution
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    The Blue Zones Evolution
    Twenty years after finding the blue zones, best-selling author Dan Buettner reveals four new longevity hotspots and the powerful lessons they offer for adding up to 12 more healthy years to your life. What if the future of longevity isn't just about living longer—but living better? In The Blue Zones Evolution, best-selling author and longevity expert Dan Buettner journeys beyond...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781426224553

Publisher: National Geographic Society

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 05 January 2027

Country: United States

Imprint: National Geographic Society

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 567g

Pages: 336

About the Author

Dan Buettner is the founder of Blue Zones, an organization that helps Americans live longer, healthier, happier lives. His groundbreaking work on longevity led to his 2005 National Geographic cover story "The Secrets of Long Life" and five national bestsellers: The Blue Zones, Thrive, The Blue Zones Solution, The Blue Zones Secrets for Living Longer, and the New York Times number one bestseller The Blue Zones Kitchen. He is also the author of The Blue Zones One Pot Meals, The Blue Zones American Kitchen, The Blue Zones of Happiness, and The Blue Zones Challenge.

Buettner hosts the Dan Buettner Podcast and Netflix's Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones. He also holds three Guinness World Records in distance cycling. When he's not traveling the world uncovering longevity secrets, Buettner splits his time between Miami, Florida, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Find him on Instagram (@danbuettner) and at danbuettner.com.

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