The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) is pleased to present the 2007 National Cholesterol Education Month Kit. Please follow this link to see the full kit contents. The online format of the kit makes it easy to access and disseminate information on cholesterol.

Cholesterol Month 2007 extends the theme "Know your cholesterol numbers—Know your risk—Give yourself some TLC." Cholesterol Month 2007 features information to help the 65 million American adults with high blood cholesterol make the therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLC) needed to lower their cholesterol and, with it, their risk for heart disease.

To check their cholesterol status, all adults should have their cholesterol measured, know their cholesterol numbers and their risk for heart disease, and follow a heart-healthy lifestyle to lower their risk and keep it down. Cholesterol Month Kit 2007 contains a variety of materials that will assist you in bringing cholesterol lowering information into your community, program, or practice.

For those with an LDL (bad) cholesterol above their goal, the publication, Your Guide to Lowering Your Cholesterol With TLC (Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes), which is based on the NCEP Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) guidelines, details a three-part program that uses diet, physical activity, and weight management to bring cholesterol levels down. The guide offers a set of tools to help people get started and embrace a heart-healthier way of living.

For all Americans, whether they have high blood cholesterol or not, Cholesterol Month Kit 2007 makes it easy to access the tools and materials that can help them make heart-healthy lifestyle changes to lower cholesterol. Here are some of the items included in your kit:

	The booklet, Your Guide to Lowering Your Cholesterol With TLC (Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes).
	Suggestions on simple steps you can take to reduce your risk for heart disease.
	Links to heart-healthy recipes, including African American, Latino, and Stay Young at Heart favorites.
	Ten great ideas to help you promote National Cholesterol Education Month.
	A Chart your progress - Reach your goal worksheet to help you keep track of your cholesterol numbers.
	Questions and answers about the new food label: saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol.
	The 2004 update paper, Implications of Recent Clinical Trials for the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III Guidelines.

Full kit contents.
 

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These are just a few of the materials in your kit. You may find other items that suit your needs, so please take a look at all of them. Please follow this link to see the full kit contents.