Patient Education

Links to Resources to Educate Patients

  • “Fighting Fatty Livers” – A good video to show your patients to educate them on NAFLD
  • Sugar Stacks– Sugar stacks is a website to help your patients realize how much sugar is in things they eat
  • Harvard Healthy Eating Plate – The days of the food pyramid are gone! It was replaced by choosemyplate.gov in 2011. Some critics feel Choose my plate didn’t go far enough (for more see here). Therefore, the Harvard Healthy Eating Plate is recommended by NAFLD experts for nutrition counseling in NAFLD.
  • Portion sizes – In Spanish and English. Educates patients on portion sizes
  • AHA: Know Your Target Heart Rate for Exercise and Good Health – Exercise recommendations for patients with NAFLD are the same as those for cardiovascular health. This resource helps patients to understand target heart rate and exercising for health. From the American Heart Association
  • AHA Infographic on exercise – This infographic highlights the basics of exercise for healthy lifestyles
  • Reading Nutrition Labels – Handout to learn how to read nutrition labels
  • The NASH Patient Education Program – Although written above a eight grade reading level, this patient education handout has good pictures to use when teaching patients about NAFLD/NASH

Modifiable Patient Education Handouts for your use in clinic!