7 habits to live a healthier life, inspired by the world's longest-lived communities

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New year's day is typically the day to resolve to do some things differently. And when it comes to making changes to improve our health, there's lots of research on what changes can lead to healthier living.

While we're always hoping something magical will come along to catapult us to good health – some super-food or new exercise trend – the reality is much more mundane. It's what we eat, how we move, how much we sleep, and how much we manage stress and social connection that can really make a difference.

And at a time when life expectancy in the U.S. has dipped and diet-related disease is a leading cause of death, it's no wonder that Dan Buettner's decades-long exploration of centenarians who thrive in the longest-lived communities on Earth is attracting lots of attention. In his book and Netflix series The Blue Zones: Secrets for Living Longer, Buettner takes us to five communities across the globe with the highest concentration of centenarians.