National Dairy Council’s online Health Education Kits provide valuable tools and reproducible materials to assist you with nutrition education. Encourage your patients and clients to use these materials to establish healthy eating habits that last a lifetime.
The 3-Every-Day of Dairy for Stronger Bones Health Education Kit provides tips and information on the health benefits of three daily servings of low-fat milk, cheese or yogurt. Tools include the Calcium Assessment Questionnaire, Power of 3 Planner, Wanted: Stronger Bones Patient Education Piece, 3-A-Day of Dairy Tracker, and links to scientific literature, 3-Every-Day of Dairy recipes and more.
The Healthy Weight Health Education Kit is a valuable resource for educating patients on dairy’s role in adult weight management. Downloadable materials include a 3-A-Day of Dairy Weight Benefit Program Overview, Diet Assessment Tool, Scientific Backgrounder on Dairy’s Role in Weight Management. There are also links to scientific literature, tips and low-fat recipes.
The African-American Health Education Kit provides tips and information on the health benefits of 3 daily servings of milk, cheese or yogurt for African-Americans. Downloadable materials include an African-American Health JADA fact sheet, Bone Health Advertorial, Key Findings from the National Medical Association Consensus Report, 5 Days of DASH recipes and topical news releases.
The WIC Health Education Kit provides valuable resources for WIC health professionals on educating participants on the health benefits of dairy. Tools include links to local dairy councils, patient education materials on topics such as lactose intolerance and the Dietary Guideline’s food groups to encourage (in Spanish and English), recipes and more.
The DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) Health Education Kit contains important information on the role of dairy and dairy nutrients in promoting the benefits of the DASH eating plan. The DASH eating plan is considered one of the dietary eating patterns to exemplify the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and may reduce hypertension and other cardiovascular risk factors. Downloadable materials in the DASH toolkit include a turnkey PowerPoint presentation, patient education materials, advertorials (for adults, African-Americans and adolescents), research summaries and more.
When it comes to healthy eating, we’re at a crossroads. For decades, common nutrition advice focused most on what nutrients people should limit. But, this hasn’t been effective as most Americans today are overweight and undernourished. The Live Well! Enjoy Nutrient Rich Foods Health Education Kit details the Nutrient Rich Foods approach and offers materials to help patients and clients choose nutrient-rich foods first to get more nutrition from their calories.
Health and fitness professionals are a trusted resource for accurate, up to date information about nutrition and exercise. The Whey Protein Health Education Kit includes client education tools, nutrition materials, and recommended web links that have been developed to help you educate active adults about optimal nutrition practices for a healthy lifestyle.
