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David Mendez
Digital Reporter
Digital Reporter
I joined Spectrum News 1 SoCal as a digital reporter in June 2020. Previously, I reported for Easy Reader News, in Los Angeles's Beach Cities, where I covered city government, business, health, development and just about anything and everything in town. I was a 2019 Center for Health Journalism California Fellow.
Since the 2009 publication of “The Blue Zones," Dan Buettner has devoted himself to reengineering communities to improve residents' health.
Can the "Blue Zones" approach lower chronic disease rates and boost lifespans? Or is it turning into a lifestyle movement for already healthy, affluent areas?