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45 min. Video Course | Quiz | Certificate of Completion
This course shares best practices for creating an environment of well-being and and discusses the economic benefits of a healthier community.
Learning Objectives:
- The secrets to longevity: The research found by National Geographic Fellow Dan Buettner about the longest lived people in the world and their environments.
- Implementation: How did Fort Worth create an environment of Well-being? Did it work?
- Outcomes & City Partnerships: What were some key changes that city planners made to improve our built environment.
Blue Zones Project is a community-wide well-being improvement initiative to help make healthy choices easier for everyone in Fort Worth. A vital part of Fort Worth’s Healthiest City Initiative, Blue Zones Project® encourages changes in our community environment that lead to healthier options.
When our entire community participates – from our worksites and schools to our restaurants and grocery stores – the small changes contribute to huge benefits for all of us: lowered healthcare costs, improved productivity, and ultimately, a higher quality of life.
Speaker: Ricky Cotto, Director, Community Engagement, Texas Health Resources
Ricky Cotto lives and works in Fort Worth Texas. In 2014, he joined the Blue Zones Project Fort Worth team as the Neighborhoods Team Manager and later transitioned to Faith based Manager. In 2018, the City of Fort Worth achieved Blue Zones designation becoming the largest, most diverse Blue Zones community in the United States. In 2019, Ricky joined the “Phase 2” team with Texas Health Resources as Director of Community Engagement (NTHC); to continue the great work of making the healthy choice the easy choice. He received his undergrad degree from the University of North Texas and a M.A.in Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth.
