[HN Gopher] "Blue Zones" exhibit patterns indicative of pension ...
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       "Blue Zones" exhibit patterns indicative of pension fraud
        
       Author : cwwc
       Score  : 24 points
       Date   : 2024-09-15 18:10 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | jncfhnb wrote:
       | > supercentenarian birthdates are concentrated on days divisible
       | by five
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       | Very funny
        
       | Terretta wrote:
       | Except for two...
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       |  _"The two remaining blue zones, Loma Linda and the Nicoya
       | Peninsula, are considered exceptional due to their high average
       | longevity rather than the presence of the oldest-old."_
       | 
       | That said, the study cites a CDC look at the area that showed the
       | area-wide average was not higher. It's not clear if this tells us
       | we cannot learn anything from Loma Linda cases, since the
       | original thesis for longevity in this area was a particular
       | subset of community practicing health consciousness since the
       | late 1800s, not the area itself nor the community at large.
        
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