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10 minutes to change your life - call time on alcohol
A simple guide to how alcohol can affect the heart.
10 minutes to change your life - take time out
This short guide is full of ideas to help someone lower their stress levels and keep their body and mind healthy.
10 minutes to change your life - time to eat well
Our quick, simple guide to what to eat and what not to eat to help keep the heart healthy.
Act F.A.S.T if you think someone is having a stroke (easy read)
An easy read version of the campaign leaflet for printing in an office environment.
Angina
This booklet is for people with angina, and for their family and friends. It explains what angina is, what causes it, how angina is diagnosed, what to do if you get an episode of angina or if you think you may be having a heart attack and what can be done for angina. It also explains what acute coronary syndrome is.
Atherosclerosis - your quick guide
This short illustrated leaflet explains what atherosclerosis is, how it can affect someone and what you can do about it.
Be active for life
This booklet is aimed at people aged 65 and over. It explains how moving more often and being active can help and reduce your risk of developing coronrary heart disease (CHD), and why that is important. Download only.
Coping with stress
The information, practical tips and action points in this booklet will help you understand more about stress, how it could affect your heart health and what you can do about it.
Cut down on salt
This booklet contains tips and recipe ideas to help you cut down on salt and improve your heart health. Formerly called ‘Salt - facts for a healthy heart’.
Dealing with abnormal heart rhythms
This booklet is about heart rhythms. It includes information on both normal and abnormal heart rhythms.
Diabetes and your heart
If someone has diabetes, they have a much greater risk of developing coronary heart disease than someone who doesn't have diabetes. This booklet is for people who have diabetes, and for their families and friends. It may also be useful if someone doesn't have diabetes but has been told they may develop it in the future.
Eat better, feel better - your bite sized guide to healthy weight loss
Fed up with fad diets? This fold-out booklet is a short introduction to the British Heart Foundation weight loss plan.
Eating well: healthy eating for you and your heart
A good diet, in combination with being physically active, is an important part of staying healthy and making sure that children grow well. Working on eating healthily as a family is a great challenge, and this booklet will give you all the information you need, as well as practical tips and ideas for how you can put it all into practice. Download only.
Get active, stay active
The information, practical tips and questions and answers in this guide will help you understand more about physical activity and how you can be active.
Healthy living, healthy heart (Information for African Caribbean Communities)
To help African Caribbean communities look after their heart and reduce their risk of CVD.
Heart failure and how it changed my life
This booklet is for people with heart failure and their family and friends. It explains what heart failure is, what causes it, the symptoms, the possible treatments including medicines, and what can be done to help keep the condition under control.
Heart to heart - heart disease and your emotional health
If someone has a heart condition and they are experiencing emotional upheaval, they are not alone. This booklet describes common emotional reactions to having problems with the heart and things that can help someone cope.
How are you? (A4 poster)
An A4 poster signposting to the One You How are YOU? quiz.
How are you? (conversation starter)
A small z-card desigend to help you have conversations around the One You 7 key behaviours: Eating Well, Moving More, Being Smoke Free, Drinking Less, Checking Yourself, Stressing Less and Sleeping Better.
How I've reduced my blood cholesterol
This booklet is for people with a high blood cholesterol level. It also gives advice to their friends and family.
How to look out for salt when you're shopping
A handy fold out chart to keep in a purse/wallet to help check food labels and work out if the food is high, medium or low in salt. Download only.
I cut the saturated fat
Find out how to reduce the amount of saturated fat you eat using our A2-sized wallchart. It includes information on the different types of fat in food and advice on the healthiest options to choose both when cooking and eating out.
I'm in control of my atrial fibrillation (AF)
Atrial fibrillation is the most common type of irregular heart rhythm. Most people who have AF are over 65, but some younger people also have it. This booklet is for people with atrial fibrillation and for their family and friends.
I've got my blood pressure under control
This booklet is for people who want to know more about blood pressure.
Is your heart older than you? (A4 poster)
To increase awareness of heart health and reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, PHE are encouraging adults to complete the new One You Heart Age Test and get a free blood pressure reading.
Is your heart older than you? (e-mail signature)
An e-mail signature for partners to use in promoting the 'Heart Age Test' campaign locally.
Is your heart older than you? (leaderboard)
Format: Email signature / web banner
A leaderboard (728x90) digital banner to be displayed on your website. The call to action encourages people to do the Heart Age Test.
Is your heart older than you? (leaflet)
This leaflet helps to promote heart health awareness and encourage adults to complete the One You Heart Age Test.
Is your heart older than you? (MPU)
Format: Email signature / web banner
An MPU (300x250) digital banner to be displayed on your website. The call to action encourages people to do the Heart Age Test.
Is your heart older than you? (static digital screen)
Format: Screensavers / waiting room screen promotions
A static image to display on digital screens at your sites to help promote the campaign. The call to action encourages people to do the Heart Age Test.
Is your heart older than you? Heart Age Test (A4 poster)
This posters helps to promote heart health awareness and encourages adults to complete the One You Heart Age Test.
Keep your heart healthy
This booklet aims to explain how, by making changes to your lifestyle, you can look after your heart. This booklet is for people who do NOT already have a heart condition.
Know your heart age (card)
A handy credit card-sized item that could be given after a blood pressure check and used for recording blood pressure results, encouraging the participants to complete the Heart Age Test.
Losing someone to heart disease
This booklet is intended to offer help and support to anyone coping with the loss of a loved one to heart disease.
Love your heart (email signature/web banner, dad, horizontal)
Format: Email signature / web banner
Email signature promoting the Hearty Lives West Norfolk programme.
Love your heart (email signature/web banner, dad, vertical)
Format: Email signature / web banner
Email signature promoting the Hearty Lives West Norfolk programme.
Love your heart (email signature/web banner, worker, horizontal)
Format: Email signature / web banner
Email signature promoting the Hearty Lives West Norfolk programme.
Love your heart (email signature/web banner, worker, vertical)
Format: Email signature / web banner
Email signature promoting the Hearty Lives West Norfolk programme.
Love your heart with help from Hearty Lives West Norfolk
Almost 1 in 6 men in the UK die from heart disease - make sure you're not one of them.
My progress card
Full of useful information about coronary heart disease, this resource also allows patients to record key health information such as cholesterol levels, and keep track of medication.
Put your heart into walking
This booklet is suitable for anyone who wants to look after their health and be more active. It explains how walking can help you lower your risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD) and why that’s important. Download only.
Stop smoking - how to quit for a healthy heart
The information, practical tips and questions in this guide will help you understand more about why you smoke and how you can stop smoking for good.
Stroke - your quick guide
This short illustrated leaflet explains the symptoms, causes and types of stroke.
Taking control of alcohol
This short leaflet explains how drinking too much alcohol can increase your risk of heart and circulatory diseases. It provides practical tips on how to cut down on how much you drink.
Taking control of salt
This short leaflet is for people with or at risk of high blood pressure. It explains how eating too much salt can cause high blood pressure which can lead to a heart attack or stroke. It provides practical tips on how to cut down on salt.
Taking control of saturated fats
This short leaflet is for people with or at risk of high cholesterol. It explains how eating too much saturated fat is linked to high cholesterol which can lead to a heart attack or stroke.
Taking control of sugar
This short leaflet explains how eating too much sugar can cause weight gain and obesity, which increases your risk of having a heart attack, stroke and developing Type 2 diabetes. It provides simple changes you can make to cut back on sugar.
This label could change your life
How food labels can protect your heart.
Understanding blood pressure
This short leaflet is for people who have been told they have high blood pressure, or are at risk of having it.
Understanding cholesterol - to reduce your risk of heart and circulatory diseases
This simple guide is for people who have been told they have high cholesterol, or are at risk of getting it.
Understanding physical activity
This short leaflet explains why being inactive increases your risk of heart and circulatory diseases.
Understanding smoking
This short leaflet explains how smoking increases your risk of heart and circulatory diseases, and describes the many benefits of quitting.
Understanding stress - to reduce your risk of heart and circulatory diseases
This short leaflet explains the link between stress and unhealthy habits that can increase your risk of heart and circulatory diseases.
Understanding type 2 diabetes
If you have diabetes you're more likely to have a heart attack or stroke. This short booklet explains how diabetes affects your heart and suggests things you can do to keep your heart healthy.
Understanding your weight - to reduce your risk of heart and circulatory diseases
This short leaflet explains why being overweight increases your risk of heart and circulatory diseases, and why where you carry excess weight on your body is important.
Want to cut your cancer risk?
Wanting to cut your cancer risk is a bit of a no-brainer really, isn’t it? Thankfully, there are a whole bunch of ways to enjoy a healthy life and stack the odds in your favour.
When stroke strikes - act F.A.S.T (large print)
A PDF for professional printing of large print campaign leaflet. This campaign highlights that a stroke is a medical emergency and the public are urged to take the symptoms seriously (F - face, A - arms, S - speech and T - time) and call 999 immediately if they notice any single one of them in themselves or others.
When stroke strikes - act FAST (A3 poster)
When stroke strikes, act F.A.S.T. This poster provides vital information on what to do when stroke strikes.
When stroke strikes act F.A.S.T - Charles Bosah (A4 poster)
An A4 size printed BAME poster of Charles (stroke survivor), to support Act FAST messaging.
When stroke strikes act F.A.S.T - Jaswant (A4 poster)
An A4 size printed BAME poster of Jaswant (stroke survivor), to support Act FAST messaging.
When stroke strikes, act FAST
The Stroke: Act F.A.S.T. awareness campaign aims to educate healthcare professionals and the public on the signs of stroke.
When stroke strikes, act FAST (A4 poster)
When stroke strikes, act F.A.S.T. This poster provides vital information on what to do when stroke strikes.
Women and heart disease
This booklet looks at the facts, statistics and risk factors for heart disease and how women can reduce their risk of suffering from the disease.
Your simple guide to healthy weight loss
Research shows that reaching and keeping to a healthy weight can help cut the risk of coronary heart disease.