Blue Zone

3. Strong social networks and belonging, consistently identified as a key pillar of Blue Zone longevity
7. Okinawan social support group that provides lifelong friendship and community
9. Costa Rican peninsula Blue Zone known for its strong faith and sense of purpose
11. Characteristic of Blue Zone residents who have a clear reason to wake up each morning
13. Japanese Blue Zone whose residents are famous for the practice of "hara hachi bu"
14. Environmental design feature common to Blue Zone communities that encourages natural movement
15. Greek island Blue Zone where residents famously "forget to die"
16. Okinawan practice of eating until you are only eighty percent full
18. Blue Zone term for daily rituals used to shed stress and slow the pace of life
19. Dan ___, the National Geographic researcher who identified and named the Blue Zones
20. Lifestyle characteristic shared by all Blue Zone centenarians — they never smoked

1. California community of Seventh-day Adventists and the only American Blue Zone
2. A person who has reached the age of one hundred or older
4. Moderate daily consumption of this, particularly Cannonau in Sardinia, is a Blue Zone habit
5. Japanese concept meaning "reason for being," linked to purpose and long life
6. The term for a long duration of life, the defining trait of Blue Zone populations
8. Weekly day of rest observed by Adventists in Loma Linda as a stress-reducing practice
10. Italian island Blue Zone known for its high concentration of male centenarians
11. Dietary approach dominant in all five Blue Zones, centered on vegetables and legumes
12. A state of mental or physical tension that, in small doses, may actually strengthen the body through a process called hormesis
17. Beans, lentils, and chickpeas that form a cornerstone of Blue Zone diets