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• Better Choices, Better Health

  "This free workshop helps older adults get the support they need and find practical ways to deal with pain, fatigue, and stress. Older adults can also discover better nutrition and exercise choices, understand new treatment options, and learn better ways to talk with their doctor and family about their health.

  National Council on Aging (NCOA)

• Cut Down on Salt and Sodium!/¡Coma menos sal y sodio!

  This bilingual Spanish and English guide provides healthy tips for reducing salt and sodium in your diet to lower your blood pressure. En español

  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

• Diabetes Foot Care

  This online multimedia tutorial provides an overview of proper foot care for patients with diabetes.

  MedlinePlus

• Do You cAARd?

  This campaign challenges diabetes educators to share the Take Charge Gold Card with their patients with diabetes who smoke or chew tobacco, a card that urges smokers to call a smoking cessation hotline, and use their "ask, advise, refer" intervention with every patient at every visit.

  California Diabetes Program

• Exercise & Physical Activity: Your Everyday Guide

  This guide shows you many types of exercise and physical activity.  It also has lots of tips to help you be active in ways that suit your lifestyle, interests, health, and budget, whether you’re just starting out, getting back to exercising after a break, or fit enough to run a 3-mile race. It’s for everyone—people who are healthy and those who live with an ongoing health problem or disability. En español

  National Institute on Aging (NIA)

• 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)

• Journey for Control

  This website is filled with information about living with diabetes and developing habits for healthy eating and physical activity through small, sensible steps. En español

  Merck

• Keeping Active

  This guide shows you how to incorporate regular physical activity into your daily life, with encouraging tips and suggested goals for getting started.

  Diabetes Australia

• Make Your Calories Count

  This interactive learning program helps you plan a healthful diet using nutrition labels while managing calorie intake.

  U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

• Meals Made Easy

  This meal planning curriculum is for people living with diabetes and their support persons.  The curriculum incorporates participatory nutrition education, food preparation activities, and tasting of foods. En español

  Oregon Diabetes Program

• 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)

• MOVE!

  This national weight management program is designed to help veterans lose weight, keep it off, and improve their health.  The materials available on this website can also be used to help non-VA patients manage their weight. En español

  U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA)

• My Action Plan to Solve a Problem

  This worksheet helps people with diabetes better understand and manage their physical and emotional health through problem solving.

  Prescription Solutions

• MyFoodAdvisor

  Registration Required

  This online tracking tool lets you track what you eat to manage your diabetes and prevent the onset of complications.  Explore nearly 5,000 foods and find recipes and healthy alternatives to improve your meals. En español

  American Diabetes Association (ADA)

• New Beginnings: A Discussion Guide for Living Well with Diabetes

  This discussion guide is based on themes from the film The Debilitator.  The guide is designed to facilitate discussion around the emotional impact of living with diabetes and how social support can help.

  National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)

• New Health Partnerships

  This online document helps patients, family members, and health care providers work together to foster self-management and improve health, health care, and quality of life for people with chronic conditions.  It provides support for those who want to work together in a new health partnership to improve patient self-management.

  Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

• 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)

• Patient Care Handouts

  These newsletters provide information on managing diabetes and preventing diabetes-related health problems.

  Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center

• Portion Distortion

  These quizzes will test your knowledge about how today's portions compare to the portions available 20 years ago and the amount of physical activity required to burn off those extra calories.

  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

• Reducing Cardiometabolic Risk: Patient Education Toolkit

  This comprehensive kit includes reproducible patient education handouts on 29 topics related to cardiometabolic risk reduction, prediabetes, diabetes, and CVD. En español

  American Diabetes Association (ADA)

• Serve Up a Healthy Life with Good Nutrition

  This bilingual Vietnamese and English booklet explains the heart health benefits of proper nutrition and how to lower your risk for heart disease. Tiếng việt

  National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

• Side by Side

  These videos and patient guidebook emphasize the importance of the care team and highlights the benefits of working with a diabetes educator to help you examine your behaviors and develop management plans. There is a team of people—including family and friends—that can offer you guidance and support. En español

  American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE)

• Simple Chair Exercises

  This guide provides simple exercises you can do while sitting to increase your strength, flexibility, and mobility.

  Diabetes Australia

• Take Charge of Your Diabetes

  This comprehensive guide will help you control your diabetes by keeping a balance between what you eat, your physical activity, and your medication.  It will also help you take important steps to prevent diabetes-related health problems. En español

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• Walking Works

  This guide helps Americans live healthier lives by helping them set and achieve personal walking goals.  Treat yourself and your family to a daily routine of brisk walking. It’s a healthy and simple way to feel better now and reduce the risk of developing serious health problems down the road.

  BlueCross BlueShield Association

• 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)

• What I Need to Know About Eating and Diabetes

  This booklet helps people with diabetes make wise food choices to prevent health problems and keep blood glucose levels on target. En español

  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

• What I Need to Know about Physical Activity and Diabetes

  This booklet helps people with diabetes choose and begin a physical activity program and safely lead an active, healthy lifestyle. En español

  National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

• 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)