There is a surprising number of 100-year-olds in Sardinia, and the concept of active aging comes from studies looking into this phenomenon. So what are the health secrets for reaching a century?
The parts of the world where people can live happy for longer amounts of time are called Blue Zones, and there are very few of them: the Greek island Icaria and Japan’s Okinawa, the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica and the Seventh-day Adventist community in Loma Linda, California. In Italy there is Sardinia.
