Cholesterol Patient Education Resources

The fact sheets and handouts below can help your patients understand how high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) affects their health and risk for heart disease and stroke.

These resources can also help your patients find ways to lower their cholesterol and make healthy lifestyle changes.

Fact sheets about high cholesterol

Fact sheets and information about conditions and behaviors related to high cholesterol

• ABCS of Heart Health
• Diabetes
• Familial Hypercholesterolemia
  Learn about familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a genetic disorder where people have increased blood levels of LDL cholesterol.
• Heart Disease
• Improving Your Eating Habits
• Overweight and Obesity
• Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
• Physical Inactivity

Interactive tools

• Eat Smart, Move More! [PDF – 910K]
  Share this printable healthy lifestyles calendar with your audiences.
• Cholesterol: Fact or Fiction?
  Share this quiz to test your audiences’ cholesterol smarts and encourage them to learn more about cholesterol management.
• The Scoop on Statins: What Do You Need to Know?
  This webpage and handout from the Million Hearts^® initiative describe what patients need to know about their cholesterol medicines.

Resources from other organizations

• American Heart Association (AHA):
  • Cholesterol
  • Cholesterol Medications
  • The Skinny on Fats

• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA):
  • Controlling Cholesterol with Statins
  • Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020–2025
  • Fats and Cholesterol
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI):
  • Blood Cholesterol
  • High Blood Cholesterol—What You Need to Know

Tools for community health workers (CHWs)

Promotoras and other CHWs are encouraged to read this fotonovela with participants:

• English fotonovela: How to Control Your Fat and Cholesterol [PDF – 3.70M]
• Spanish fotonovela: Cómo controlar la grasa y el colesterol [PDF – 4.08M]

A Promotora/CHW Guide accompanies the How to Control Your Fat and Cholesterol fotonovela and gives these members of the health care team a brief summary of objectives, tips, additional activities, reviews, and reminders:

• English promotora guide: How to Control Your Fat and Cholesterol: A Promotora Guide [PDF – 783K]
• Spanish promotora guide: Cómo controlar la grasa y el colesterol: Guía de la promotora [PDF – 831K]

This is an easy-to-understand fact sheet about heart health (aspirin use when appropriate, blood pressure control, cholesterol management, and smoking cessation):

• English version: ABCS of Heart Health [PDF – 278K]
• Spanish version: 4 Pasos Adelante [PDF – 1.26M]