6 Lesson Heart Health Program

Name: 6 Lesson Heart Health Program
Brand: Nutrition Education Store
SKU: 7-242
Price: 99.0 USD
Availability: InStock

This program includes the most recent recommendations from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology.

“A healthy lifestyle reduces atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk at all ages.” – ACC/AHA

Patients who are at risk for heart disease often have high blood pressure and high cholesterol, plus other health risk factors like obesity or diabetes. This 6-step program takes a "whole heart approach" to provide lessons on a heart-healthy eating program that works for everything: blood pressure, cholesterol, obesity, syndrome X, and diabetes. It is easy to learn for all populations and is taught in English and Spanish. It is evidence-based and uses the cut points provided by the National Cholesterol Education Program with notes from the American Diabetes Association on their new standards of care for blood pressure for individuals with diabetes.

Learning Objectives and Benefits:

The 6 Lesson Heart Education Kit is a comprehensive collection of heart health education materials to help you teach lessons about heart health. After all, heart health involves a lot more than switching from omelets to egg whites. Setting up habits that help the heart involves reducing daily sodium, fat, cholesterol, and saturated fat doses. It also means eating more fiber and other foods that are key to the DASH diet. Crafting a heart-healthy lifestyle relies on balancing energy intake and output, which usually calls for a total lifestyle reboot for most consumers. Our best materials will help you guide your clients through this process in a systematic manner that is "just what they need to know" and "fun to learn."

A pre and post-test will ensure they learn everything they need to know!

6 Lessons on CD: PDF handouts with leader's guide AND PowerPoint shows with speaker's notes:

Blood Pressure 101:

What is blood pressure?
Why is high blood pressure bad for you?
Three steps to lower blood pressure: eat less sodium, eat more fruits and vegetables, reduce your weight
play the stoplight game - guess which foods lower and raise blood pressure
(EVIDENCE and stastics resources for leader)

Cholesterol 101:

What is cholesterol
Why is high cholesterol bad for you
Three steps to lower cholesterol: eat less saturated fat/cholesterol and trans fat, eat more fiber, and reduce your weight
Play the stop light game - guess which foods lower it and raise it
(EVIDENCE and references for leader)
Includes updates from AHA and ACC

DASH Diet How-To:

Meet the DASH Diet Studies,
Why Does DASH Work,
DASH Menu Ideas
rewrite this menu game
(EVIDENCE resources for leader)

Weight Management and Physical Activity:

How is weight gained or lost
it's all about high-fiber choices
It's all about portion control
Change this portion of the game
(EVIDENCE resources for leader)

Heart Healthy Cooking and Meal Assembly:

Easy substitutions for favorite recipes to lower fat and sodium and increase fiber
Healthy plate instructions and meal makeover examples
Quick and healthy meal photo show (will include ethnic/minority and food desert ideas)
Quick meal handouts
Cooking demo ideas for the leader

Fast Food Cheat Sheet:

Fat in food
Sugar in beverages
Sodium content for foods that sound healthy
How to eat out in a fast food restaurant and keep your heart healthy
Makeovers using better choices and portion control
The game will "make this meal better."

This program contains a CD with:

A leader guide PDF that lists the most important need-to-know information about each topic plus a sequence of activities to teach it along with copies of the handouts.
6 PowerPoint shows PPT with the basic lessons in a very visual format with photos and high-quality illustrations. PLUS, a fun quiz at the end of each show. Reinforce your lessons with a game.
Handouts that are very easy to understand (PDF)
Plus, free digital download after checkout.

Ground-breaking strategies to engage your audience:

Detailed speaker's notes help you present your lesson with professionalism. This is turnkey, just for you.
Our talented artists ensure the best design that competes with industry advertising.
Our rich illustrations and graphics stand out from the pack.
Handouts help your clients remember your most important lesson
Messages are positive and easily understood.

Held-nothing-back research and message integrity:

We do not have to add processed foods to our visuals because big industry advertising does not support us.
Unbiased, evidence-based information is always at the heart of our materials.
Food and Health Communications, Inc. is MyPlate's proud National Strategic Partner.
Food and Health Communications, Inc. has published food and nutrition news for over 25 years, and we stand by our customers.

Target population: In English for general audiences, ages 12 - 100.

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