Scientific Publications

  1. Åkerman S, Dorly Deeg 2, Erika Boman 3,4, Johan Niklasson 5, Yngve Gustafson 6, Nyqvist F (2025) Searching for a Potential Blue Zone in the Nordics: A Study on Differences in Lifestyle and Health in Regions Varying in Longevity in Western Finland Journal of Aging Research Aug 3;2025:5535904. doi: 10.1155/jare/5535904
  2. Alberti, S.M., Donato, A., Funk R.H., Capunzo, M. (2024), A Narrative Review Exploring the Similarities between Cilento and the Already Defined « Blue Zones » in Terms of Environment, Nutrition, and Lifestyle: Can CilentoBe Considered an Undefined « Blue Zone »?, Nutrients, 16(5), 729. doi.org/10.3390/nu16050729
  3. Appel, L.J. (2008). Dietary patterns and longevity: Expanding the blue zones. Circulation 118, 214–215. doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.788497
  4. Austad, SN and Giovanni M. Pes (2025) The validity of Blue Zones demography: a response to critiques The Gerontologist, 65(12), gnaf246 https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaf246 Forum
  5. Barclay, E. (2015). Eating to Break 100: Longevity Diet Tips from the Blue Zones. NPR, 11 Apr. 2015, www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/04/11/398325030/eating-to-break-100-longevity-diet-tips-from-the-blue-zones.
  6. Beer, Grace and Beer, Grace O. (2022). Blue Zones: Unlocking Key Themes in the Centenarian’s Life. Honors College Thesis. 115. digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/honorstheses/115
  7. Bendjilali, N., Hsueh, W. C., He, Q., Willcox, D. C., Nievergelt, C. M., Donlon, T. A., Kwok, P. Y., Suzuki, M., & Willcox, B. J. (2014). Who are the Okinawans? Ancestry, genome diversity, and implications for the genetic study of human longevity from a geographically isolated population. The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 69, 1474–1484. doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glt203
  8. Benedetto, G., Carboni, D. (2023). The health effects of wine: The case of longevity in Sardinia. BIO Web of Conferences, 56, 04004. https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/20235604004
  9. Bolzetta, F., Cester, A. (2019). The Centenarians (Blue Zones?). In Rattan, S. I. S. Encyclopedia of Biomedical Gerontology. 2nd edition, p.380-p.385. Elsevier. doi.org/10.106/B0-12-370870-2/00035-4
  10. Bourne PA (2025) Living Well and Living Long: A Socioeconomic and Demographic Analysis of the Blue Zones. Global Journal of Transformation in Pharmaceutical Formulation and Consumer Health – Vol. 6, Issue 2
  11. Bourne PA (2025) A Comparative Study of the Blue Zones and Jamaica: Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Behavioural Insights into Longevity and Health International Journal of Recent Advances in Medical & Pharma Research – Vol. 8, Issue 1
  12. Buettner, D. (2005). The secrets of longevity. National Geographic, November 5–26. ngm.nationalgeographic.com/features/world/europe/italy/longevity-text
  13. Buettner, D. (2008). The Blue Zone: Lessons for living longer from the people who’ve lived the longest. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society.
  14. Buettner, D. (2008). Can ‘Blue Zones’ Help Turn Back the Biological Clock? NPR, 8 June 2008, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91285403;
  15. Buettner, D. (2012). The blue zones, 2nd edn. National Geographic. 9: Lessons for living longer from the people who’ve lived the longest. ISBN: 978-1426209482.
  16. Buettner, D., Skemp, S. (2016). Blue zones: Lessons from the world’s longest lived. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 10, 318–321. doi.org/10.1177/1559827616637066
  17. Buettner, D. (2017). The blue zones solution: Eating and living like the world’s healthiest people. National Geographic Society, ISBN 978-1-4262-1192-8.
  18. Buettner, D. (2017). ‘Blue Zones’ Where the World’s Healthiest People Live. National Geographic, 6  Apr. 2017, http://www.nationalgeographic.com/books/features/5-blue-zones-where-the-worlds-healthiest-people-live/. 
  19. Canaleda Fernandez, A. (2016). The Blue Zone of Sardinia : an intergenerational epidemiological study on nutrition and its application in public health . Doctoral Thesis. University of Malaga. in RIUMA https://riuma.uma.es/xmlui/handle/10630/15053
  20. Candal-Pedreira C,  Julia Rey-Brandariz1,2, Lucía Martín-Gisbert1,2, Ana Teijeiro (2025)  Blue Zones, an Analysis of Existing Evidence through a Scoping Review. Aging and Disease  dx.doi.org/10.14336/AD.2025.0461
  21. Capacci, G., Caselli, G., Battaglini, M. (2018). Cohort Analysis of Gender Gap after One Hundred Years Old: The Role of Differential Migration and Survival Trajectories. doi: 10.4172/2329-8847.1000199.
  22. Carter, E.D. (2015). Making the Blue Zones: Neoliberalism and nudges in public health Promotion Social Science & Medicine 133; 374-382. doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.01.019
  23. Caruso C. Accardi G, Aiello A et al. (2025) The longevity of blue zones: myth or reality. Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics 73, 70-81  DOI: 10.36150/2499-6564-N865
  24. Case, B. & Lomas, T. (2024). Towards a historical comparison framework. International Journal of Wellbeing, 13(4), 3587, 1-24. Geography and Genes: The case of « Blue Zones » doi.org/10.5502/ijw.v13i4.3587
  25. Caselli, G., Lipsi R.M. (2006). Survival differences among the oldest old in Sardinia: Who, what, where, and why. Demographic Research, doi:10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.13.
  26. Caselli, G., Lipsi, R. M., Lapucci, E. & Vaupel, J. W. (2013). Exploring Sardinian longevity: women fertility and parental transmission of longevity. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 11, 247–266. doi.org/10.1553/populationyearbook2013s247
  27. Castro-Rojas, M.D. (2019). Listening older adults´ stories: subjective factors related to longevity and wellbeing in Nicoya (Blue Zone) Costa Rica. Poster presented at the British Society of Gerontology 48th Annual Conference – Resilience and Living Well in Local Communities.
  28. Cavallini Solano, H., Brebes Camacho, G., Vargas Aguilar, J.C., Abarca Jimenez, M. F. (2022). The socio-environmental of social support networks for long-life people in the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica. The perspective of the basic model of capabilities. Anales en Gerontologia, 14(14), 96-137. 
  29. CHAMBRE, Dany; JEUNE, Bernard; Poulain, Michel (2021) Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, the first supercentenarian in history? In: MAIER, Heiner; JEUNE, Bernard; VAUPEL, JW (Ed.). Exceptional Lifespans. (211−232). Switzerland: SPRINGER NATURE. (Demographic Research Monographs). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-49970-9_15.
  30. Chrysohoou, C., Pitsavos, C., Lazaros, G., Skoumas, J., Tousoulis, D., Stefanadis C. & Ikaria Study Investigations (2016). Determinants of All-Cause Mortality and Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease (2009 to 2013) in Older Adults: The Ikaria Study of the Blue Zones. Angiology, 67(6), 541-548. doi.org/1177/0003319715603185
  31. Cockerham, W.C., Hattori, H. & Yamori, Y. (2000). The social gradient in life expectancy: The contrary case of Okinawa in Japan. Social Science & Medicine, 51(1), 115–122. doi.org/10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00444-X
  32. Cocco, E., Maccioni, D., Sanjust, E., Falconieri, D., Maxia, A. (2022). Ethnopharmacobotany and Diversity of Mediterranean Endemic Plants in Marmilla Subregion, Sardinia, Italy. Plants 11(22), 3165; doi.org/10.3390/plants11223165
  33. Dakic, T., Jevdjovic, T., Vujovic, P., Mladenovic, A. (2022). The Less We Eat, the Longer We Live: Can Caloric Restriction Help Us Become Centenarians? International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(12): 6546. doi.10.3390/ijms23126546
  34. Dang, Linh Hoang Khanh; Ouellette, Nadine; Meslé, France; Poulain, Michel  (2022) Trajectoire des taux de mortalité aux âges extrêmes de la vie. Revue Quetelet/Quetelet Journal, 9 (1), 47−64. DOI: 10.14428/rqj2021.09.01.03.
  35. Deeg DJH , Theo van Tilburg, PhD , Marjolein Visser, PhD , Arjan Braam, MD, PhD , Najada Stringa, MD , Erik J Timmermans, PhD (2024) Identification of a “Blue Zone” in the Netherlands: A Genetic, Personal, Sociocultural, and Environmental Profile  The Gerontologist, Volume 64, Issue 11, November 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnae132
  36. Deiana, L., Ferrucci, L., Pes, G.M., Carru, C., Delitala, G., Ganau, A., Mariotti, S., Nieddu, A., Pettinato, P., Putzu, P., Franceschi, C.  & Baggio, G. (1999). AKEntAnnos. The Sardinia study of extreme longevity. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 11, 142–149. doi.org/10.1007/BF03399655.
  37. Dimitrov NV (2025)  « BLUE ZONE » IN TOURISM,  International Journal of Economics, Management and Tourism, Vol 5, No. 2, pp. 77 – 96 Online: ISSN 2671-3810 UDC: 314.116-053.9(100) 338.48-44-053.9(497.7)
  38. Dore, M.P, Parodi, G., Portoghese, M., Errigo, A., Pes, G.M.  (2021). Water Quality and Mortality from Coronary Artery Disease in Sardinia: A Geospatial Analysis. Nutrients 13(8):2858. doi: 10.3390/nu13082858.
  39. Dykes, K., Bartz, A.G., Friedman, J., Romport, M. (2016). Long-Lived Human Populations (Blue Zones). The Encyclopedia of Adulthood and Aging, First Edition. Edited by Susan Krauss Whitbourne. doi:10.1002/9781118528921.wbeaa163
  40. Eleonora, V., Mary, C. (2023). Wellness Tourism in the Post COVID-19 Era in Blue Zones and Insular Areas. The Case of the Island of Ikaria. In: Katsoni, V. (ads) Tourism, Travel, and Hospitality in a Smart and Sustainable World. IACuDIT2022. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, cham. https://doi.org/&à.1007/978-3-031-26829-8_43
  41. Errigo, A., Poulain, M., Pes, G.M. (2017). Genetic polymorphisms linked to longevity in the Sardinian Blue Zone? In McEwen et al. Epigenetics & Chromatin 
  42. Errigo, A.; Dore, M.P.; Portoghese, M.; Pes, G.M.  (2025) The Cholesterol Paradox in Long-Livers from a Sardinia Longevity Hot Spot (Blue Zone). Nutrients 2025, 17, 765.
  43. Errigo, A.; Pes, G.M.; Caruso, C.; Accardi, G.; Aiello, A.; Candore, G.; Vasto, S. (2025) An Emerging Longevity Blue Zone in Sicily: The Case of Caltabellotta and the Sicani Mountains. J. Ageing Longevity,  5, 26 https://doi.org/10.3390/jal5030026
  44. Fastame, M.C., Penna, M.P. (2012). Does Social Desirability Confound the Assessment of Self-Reported Measures of Well-Being and Metacognitive Efficiency in Young and Older Adults? Clinical Gerontologist 35, 3. doi.org/10.1080/07317115.2012.660411.
  45. Fastame, M. C. & Penna, M. P. (2014). Psychological well-being and metacognition in the fourth age: An explorative study in an Italian oldest old sample. Aging & Mental Health, 18(5), 648–652. doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2013.866635
  46. Fastame M.C., Hitchcott P.K., Mulas I., Ruiu M. & Penna M.P. (2018). Resilience in Elders of the Sardinian Blue Zone: An Explorative Study. Behavioural Sciences, 8(3), 30. doi.org/10.3390/bs8030030 
  47. Fastame, M.C., Hitchcott, P.H. & Penna, M.P. (2018). The impact of leisure on mental health of Sardinian elderly from the ‘blue zone’: evidence for ageing well Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 30, 169–180. doi.org/10.1007/s40520-017-0768-x
  48. Fastame, M.C., Penna, M.P. & Hitchcott, P.K. (2020). Psychological markers of longevity in Sardinian centenarians: the impact of developmental factors and social desirability. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 32, 107–114. doi.org/10.1007/s40520-019-01157-y
  49. Fastame M.C., Mulas, I. & Pau M. (2021). Mental health and motor efficiency of older adults living in the Sardinia’s Blue Zone: a follow-up study. International Psychogeriatrics, 33(12), 1277–1288.  doi.org/10.1017/S1041610220001659
  50. Fastame M.C., Ruiu M. & Mulas, I., (2021). Mental Health and Religiosity in the Sardinian Blue Zone: Life Satisfaction and Optimism for Aging Well. Journal of Religion and Health, 60, 2450–2462 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01261-2
  51. Fastame M.C., Ruiu M. &  Mulas, I. (2022). Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well‑Being in Late Adulthood : Lessons From Sardinia’s Blue Zone. Journal of Happiness Studies, 23, 713–726. doi.org/10.1007/s10902-021-00420-2
  52. Fastame M.C.,  Mulas, I. & Ruiu M.  (2022). Associations between migration experience and perceived mental health in optimal ageing: Evidence from the Sardinian Blue Zone. International Journal of Psychology, 57(2), 271–278. doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12810
  53. Fastame, M.C. (2022). Well-being, food habits, and lifestyle for longevity. Preliminary evidence from the sardinian centenarians and long-lived people of the Blue Zone. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 27(3), 728–733. doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2022.2038384.
  54. Fastame, M.C., Brandas, B., Pau, M. (2023). Cognitive Reserve, Physical Reserve, and Cognitive Efficiency of Older People Living in the Sardinian Blue Zone. An Exploratory Study.Journal of Applied Gerontology doi: 10.1177/07334648231217651
  55. Fastame MC · Cristina Manca1 · Ilaria Mulas1 · Marilena Ruiu  (2024) Psychosocial correlates of flourishing in the late lifespan. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research 36:68 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-024-02703-z
  56. Fastame MC, Benedetta Brandasa, and Massimiliano Pau (2025) Gardening and Healthy Aging in the Sardinian Blue Zone. ACTIVITIES, ADAPTATION & AGING https://doi.org/10.1080/01924788.2025.2586441
  57. Floris, P., Dore, M.P. & Pes, G.M. (2021). Does the longevity of the Sardinian population date back to Roman times? A comprehensive review of the available evidence. PLoS ONE 16(1): e0245006. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245006
  58. Garrett, M.D. & Poulain, M. (2018). The Geography of Aging: The science of Belonging. Open Science Journal of Psychology, 5(6), 73-83. http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/258003
  59. Green, C.,M. (2021). Longevity Blue Zone Centenarians: An Expository Paper. Inquiries, VOL. 13 NO. 05
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  66. Hu, F.B. (2024), Diet strategies for promoting healthy aging and longevity: An epidemiological perspective. Journal of Internal Medicine, 295(4), pp. 508-531, doi.org/10.1111/joim.13728
  67. Huang Y. & Jacquez, G. M. (2017). Identification of a Blue Zone in a Typical Chinese Longevity Region. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(6), 571. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14060571
  68. Koenig, R. (2001). Sardinia’s Mysterious Male Methuselahs. Science, 291, 2074–2076. doi.org/10.1126/science.291.5511.2074
  69. Kokkinopoulou, A.; Katsiki, N.; Pagkalos, I.; Rodopaios, N.E.; Koulouri, A.-A.; Vasara, E.; Papadopoulou, S.K.; Skepastianos, P.; Dermitzakis, E.; Hassapidou, M.; et al. The Interplay between Metabolic Syndrome and Religious Fasting in Post menopausal Women.
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  72. Lakshmanan, S., Kinninger, A., Golub, I., Dahal, S., Birudaraju, D., Ahmad, K., Ghanem, A.K., Rezvanizadeh, V., Roy, S.K., & Budoff, M.J. (2020). 20-Year trend of high prevalence of zero coronary artery calcium in beach cities of Southern California: A blue zone? American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 4, 100098, eCollection. doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpc.2020.100098 
  73. Legrand, R., Manckoundia, P., Nuemi, G. & Poulain, M. (2019). Assessment of the Health Status of the Oldest Olds Living on the Greek Island of Ikaria: A Population Based-Study in a Blue Zone. Curr. Gerontol. Geriatr. Res, 8194310. doi.org/10.1155/2019/8194310
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  76. Liu, T.; Gatto, N.M.; (…); Wang, C. (2020). Vegetarian diets, circulating miRNA expression and health span in subjects living in the Blue Zone. Precis. Clin. Med. 2020, 3, 245-259
  77. Lorettu, L., Nivoli, A., Bellizzi, S., Piu, D., Pes, G.M. (2021). Geospatial clustering of suicide mortality in Sardinia. Current Psychology. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-02448-2.
  78. Marston, H.,R., Niles-Yokum, K., Silva, P., A., (2021). A commentary on Blue Zones: a critical review of age-friendly environments in the 21st century and beyond. Int. j. Environ Res Public Health. 2021; 18(2):837.
  79. McEwen, L.M. , Morin, A.M., Edgar, R.D., MacIsaac, J.L., Jones, M.J., Dow, W.H., Rosero‑Bixby, L., Kobor, M.S., & Rehkopf, D.H. (2017). Differential DNA methylation and lymphocyte proportions in a Costa Rican high longevity region. Epigenetics & Chromatin, 10, Article 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13072-017-0128-2
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  84. Mera, M.C. (2023). Ils défient la mort. Le secret des supercentenaires. Epsilon 18 août 2023
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  91. Naber, J, Hale, A. (2019). A Nursing Study Abroad Experience in the Blue Zone of Sardinia, Italy: A Case Study of the Program and Development. Journal of Comprehensive Nursing Research and Care. 4: 146. doi.org/10.33790/jcnrc1100146
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  93. Najafi, P.  Mohammadi, M., Le Blanc, P.M., Van Wesemael, P (2022). Intelligent Placemaking, Bringing Digital Twin and Virtual Reality to Shape a Healthy Ageing Neighbourhood: The Blue Zones’ Case and User Experience Study. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4031420 or doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4031420
  94. A User centred Virtual City Information Model for Inclusive Community Design: State of Art. Cities: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104203
  95. Najafi, P., Mohammadi, M. (2024). Redefining Age-Friendly Neighborhoods Translating the Promises of Blue Zones for Contemporary Urban Environments. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 21, 365. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21030365
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  97. Nedelcu, E. (2018). The impact of social relationships over health and longevity. The ‘Blue Zone’ case. Romanian Review of Social Sciences, 8 (14) 14-27.
  98. Nieddu A., Vindas L., Errigo A., Vindas J., Pes G.M. & Dore M.P. (2020). Dietary Habits, Anthropometric Features and Daily Performance in Two Independent Long‐Lived Populations from Nicoya peninsula (Costa Rica) and Ogliastra (Sardinia). Nutrients, 12(6), 1621. doi.org/10.3390/nu12061621
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