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by nimbius 717 days ago
This is not an article this is barely news. This is the NIH inexplicably plugging Blue Zones LLC.

"Authors’ Note: To join the Blue Zones mission, contact . More information about the project can be obtained at https://communities.bluezonesproject.com/. The authors disclose the following conflicts of interest: Dan Buettner is the CEO of Blue Zones and Sam Skemp works at Blue Zones as Program Manager."

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That's... something. I was operating under the assumption that NIH had higher standards to declare conflict of interests. Was this peer reviewed?
Nice catch, brought to you by Blue Zones LLC (We make money using a fake longevity research to effect "positive change" in communities)