블루존

블루존()은 사람들이 평균보다 오래 산다고 주장되는 세계의 지역이다.Poulain, Michel; Herm, Anne; Pes, Gianni. The Blue Zones: areas of exceptional longevity around the world in: Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, vol. 11, 2013, p. 87–108. backup Quote: "...These populations succeeded in maintaining a traditional lifestyle implying an intense physical activity that extends beyond the age of 80, a reduced level of stress and intensive family and community support for their oldest olds as well as the consumption of locally produced food...Based on a strict validation method, the ages of Sardinian centenarians were thoroughly proven to be correct (Poulain et al. 2006)... [footnote 2:] The term was chosen simply because at the time the authors used a blue pen on a map to mark the villages with long-lived population... [definition:] In practice, a blue zone (BZ) is defined as a rather limited and homogenous geographical area where the population shares the same lifestyle and environment and its longevity has been proved to be exceptionally high. [] Other validated BZs have been found so far in Okinawa (Japan), on the Nicoya peninsula (Costa Rica) and on the island of Ikaria (Greece)...The extreme longevity area identified in Sardinia and named as Blue Zone (BZ) includes a group of 14 villages in Barbagia and Ogliastra, covering the highest mountain area of Sardinia.4...Starting from 2005, in cooperation with D. Buettner, a journalist writing for National Geographic, the BZ concept was extended to other relevant regions of the earth (Buettner 2012). Exceptional longevity at population level has been identified and validated so far in three other settings: the island of Okinawa in Japan, the peninsula of Nicoya in Costa Rica and the island of Ikaria in Greece (Figures 3)..." 현재, 세계 5대 블루존으로 일본의 오키나와현, 이탈리아 사르데냐주의 누오로도, 코스타리카의 니코야 반도, 그리스의 이카리아섬, 미국 캘리포니아주의 로마린다이 꼽히고 있다. "블루존"이라는 이름은 "장수 인구가 있는 마을을 표시하기 위해 지도에 파란색 펜을 사용"한 과학자들의 원래 조사 중에 간단히 파생되었다.

하지만, 블루존 개념은 과학적 증거가 부족하고 원래 제안된 블루존인 오키나와에서 21세기 동안 기대 수명이 크게 감소함에 따라 다양한 비판을 받고 있다.

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분류:건강의 결정요인
분류:수명 연장
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