CNOS Foundation Mission ��������� Improving Health
Our mission is driving us to get involved in Iowa���������s Healthiest State Initiative for our Community. As local health care providers, CNOS is pursuing ways to encourage people to take pro-active steps towards health and well-being. The Blue Zone Project ��������� a division of the Healthiest State Initiative ��������� provides invaluable insight on making healthy lifestyles a very do-able reality.
Mike Hurlburt, CEO of CNOS, and Suzi Gausman, Director of the CNOS Foundation, join area leaders on a bus trip to Harlan, Iowa to learn how to help our Community become a healthier, happier and more productive place to live. (photo courtesy of Rhonda Capron)
Blue Zone ��������� book by Best Selling Author, Dan Buettner
http://www.bluezones.com/live-longer/blue-zones-book/
Power 9���������
Live Longer, Better
There are places in the world where people live healthy, happy lives well into their nineties or even 100s. Dubbed “Blue Zones” by National Geographic researcher Dan Buettner, these longevity hotspots share nine lifestyle habits - Power 9��������� - responsible for their remarkable results.
- Move Naturally
- Know Your Purpose
- Down Shift
- 80% Rule
- Plant Slant
- Wine at 5
- Family First
- Belong
- Right Tribe
Learn more....
How Can You Get Involved?
To let the IOWA State Leadership know that Siouxland is Serious about our Community wide Blue Zone initiative, sign-up as a community supporter by pledging your support (not your money!)
Directions are as follows:
1. go to bluezonesproject.com
2. click on the "I'm a citizen" link
3. Fill our your information to "Pledge to show your support" of the Sioux City Community as we try to become a more healthy place to live
Iowa Healthiest State
The following link has great information about Iowa���������s current state of affairs when it comes to the health of its citizens: http://www.well-beingindex.com/
