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Heart-Check Health Professional Resources

Updated:Jul 6,2015

Here are Heart-Check program resources for you and your clients/patients.

Heartcheck.org – Consumer home page with links to all Heart-Check certification resources.

How a Food Becomes Certified

Heart-Check Food Certification Program Nutrition Requirements

Sodium Limits by Food Category

Certified Products in the Grocery Store

Non-Certifiable Products

Heart-Check Meal Certification Program Nutrition Requirements

Heart-Check Certified Meals in Restaurants and Foodservice

Frequently Asked Questions

American Heart Association scientific statements and recommendations that form the foundation of the Heart-Check nutrition requirements:

  • Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations Revision 2006: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association Nutrition Committee
     
  • Dietary Sugars Intake and Cardiovascular Health: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association
     
  • Defining and Setting National Goals for Cardiovascular Health Promotion and Disease Reduction: The American Heart Association’s Strategic Impact Goal Through 2020 and Beyond
     
  • Non-Nutritive Sweeteners: Current Use and Health Perspectives

If you have questions that are not addressed in these resources, please contact us.


Heart-Check Mark for Health Professionals

 
  • • Heart-Check Home
  • • Health Professional Toolkit Home
  • • What’s In It for Your Clients and/or Patients and You
  • • Keeping Heart-Check Nutrition Requirements Relevant
  • • Using the Heart-Check Mark with Clients and/or Patients
  • • Client / Patient Materials
  • • Frequently Asked Questions
  • • Resources

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