[upofadown]

First the article says:

>The people who live in the Blue Zones — five regions in Europe, Latin America, Asia and the U.S. researchers have identified as having the highest concentrations of centenarians in the world — move their bodies a lot. They have social circles that reinforce healthy behaviors. They take time to de-stress. They're part of communities, often religious ones. And they're committed to their families.

Then it goes ahead and talks entirely about diet without bothering to show that diet has anything to do with long life at all...

[Roodgorf]

It really is an odd way to start the article. The first three paragraphs seem to undermine the idea that diet is such a central element in a long lifestyle, but then in the next two it just sort of waves that away with a "but diet is worth a close look, too".

I think the interview linked to later expanded on the nuances of this argument pretty well. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9127414...

[AnimalMuppet]

I think they're trying to avoid people thinking that it's all about diet. They don't want you to think that you can be physically inactive, live a high-stress life, but eat this magic diet, and you'll live to 100.