2023-09-17 14:32:45
Belgian demographer Michel Poulain has identified five blue zones, or five regions of the world where the most centenarians are recorded. A theme that inspired Netflix. Article reserved for subscribers Journalist service Brussels By Patrice Leprince Published on 09/17/2023 at 4:32 p.m. Reading time: 5 min
Special diet in Greece or Costa Rica, an extraordinary living environment in Sardinia, the Netflix platform currently invites you to discover the secrets of longevity through the documentary “100 years of plenitude, the secret of the blue zones”.
A blue zone? This is the concept invented by the Belgian demographer Michel Poulain who, for decades, has been sifting through statistics in order to determine the places on the planet where there is an extraordinary longevity rate. Greece (Ikaria), Costa Rica (Nicoya), Sardinia, Japan (Okinawa) and, more recently, Martinique are the five blue zones listed by the specialist. “I have just returned from Sardinia, where I started my research 20 years ago,” explains the Belgian researcher (UCLouvain). “It doesn’t make us any younger,” he laughs.
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