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• Get Heart Healthy! Cardiac Class Education Guide

  This resource guide provides health care professionals with six ready-to-use, interchangeable lessons to help patients get on track for heart-healthy eating.

  Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition, General Mills

• Guide to a Healthy Heart for Latinos

  This guide contains easy-to-understand charts and worksheets to help you track your diabetes health and work with your doctor to develop a plan to maintain a healthy heart. It is available in English and Spanish. En español

  American College of Physicians (ACP)

• High Blood Cholesterol: What You Need to Know

  This publication will help you find out what your cholesterol numbers mean and what treatment your doctor may prescribe to help lower your cholesterol level.  It includes a tool to estimate the risk for having a heart attack and outlines ways to reduce your risk.

  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

• Move to Prevent and Control High Blood Pressure: Mission Possible

  This tip sheet provides helpful ways to lower the risk of high blood pressure through physical activity.

  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Insitute (NHLBI)

• On the Move to Better Heart Health for African Americans

  This booklet provides concise information for African Americans on heart disease and its risk factors. It explains how to reduce risk factors for heart disease, prevent and control high blood pressure, lower blood cholesterol, prevent and control diabetes, manage weight, and stop smoking.

  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

• Watch Your Weight!/¡Cuide su peso!

  This bilingual Spanish and English booklet provides helpful steps for Hispanics/Latinos to reduce your risk of a heart attack by making healthy lifestyle changes and watching your weight. En español

  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

• You Are the Heart of Your Family...Take Care of It Flipchart Presentation

  This bilingual Spanish and English presentation flipchart makes it easy to educate Hispanic and Latino Americans about the link between diabetes and heart disease.  It includes easy-to-understand illustrations, a scripted presentation, and two copier-ready handouts. En español

  National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)

• Your Guide to Lowering Cholesterol with Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes

  This easy-to-read booklet is designed to help you make the lifestyle changes that will lower your blood cholesterol and reduce your risk for heart disease.

  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)