Photo: #Dan Buettner speaks with a woman from the Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica, one of the four regions profiled in "The Blue Zones."
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Dan Buettner speaks with a woman from the Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica, one of the four regions profiled in "The Blue Zones." (Photo by Gianlucca Colla/Courtesy of BlueZones.com)

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Living better and longer

Broadcast: Midmorning, 12/15/2008, 10:06 a.m.

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Writer and adventurer Dan Buettner went on a journey to find the four parts of the world where people are living the longest. "The Blue Zones" uncovers some of the secrets of these places and distills them into a formula for living longer.

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  • Dan Buettner: writer for National Geographic and author of "The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest."

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