Iowa City has been named a certified Blue Zones Community, the 15th city in Iowa to earn the designation. A collaboration of Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Healthways Inc. and Blue Zones LLC, the program recognizes communities’ successful implementation of a health program that brings the world’s best practices in food policy, built environment, purpose and social networking to participating cities. To become a Blue Zones Community, at least half the city’s 20 largest workplaces must become certified as Blue Zones Worksites. For more information and to see a list of the Blue Zones communities in Iowa, click here.