10 Great Ideas for Promoting
National Cholesterol Education Month 2007
Here are some great ideas that you can adapt and apply to fit the needs of your program.
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Make it easy for people to access
the
booklet, Your Guide to Lowering Your Cholesterol With TLC (Therapeutic
Lifestyle Changes):
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2. |
Encourage your family, friends, and coworkers to have their cholesterol checked. Hand out the Chart your progress - Reach your goal worksheet so they can record their cholesterol numbers. |
3. |
Contact your worksite health and fitness center and/or local congregation and ask them to cosponsor a cholesterol screening fair. |
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Send out a broadcast email with a link to the 10-year Risk Calculator. Encourage everyone to know their cholesterol numbers and to know their risk for heart disease. |
5. |
Send out a weekly e-mail about preventing heart disease that contains a link to the Lifestyle Section of the Live Healthier, Live Longer Web page. |
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Decorate a bulletin board in your facility using the theme "Know Your Cholesterol Numbers—Know Your Risk—Give Yourself Some TLC." Post various cholesterol resources and educational flyers on the board. |
7. |
Hand out Simple Steps to Help Reduce Your Risk. |
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Set aside 30 minutes each Monday afternoon during Cholesterol Month to participate in a group walk around your building or neighborhood. Try to repeat this 30-minute stroll on your own on most days of the week. |
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Sponsor a best recipe contest. See who can prepare the best tasting, low saturated fat, low cholesterol dish. Award a $10 grocery store gift certificate to the top three winners. (Ask the grocery store to donate the gift certificate). Get started with some of these heart healthy recipes. |
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Coordinate with your local grocery store and a local dietitian to give a grocery store tour demonstrating how to read food labels and choose heart healthy foods |