The patient information booklets ‘Cutting down on saturated fat’ and ‘Cutting down on salt’, as well as the accompanying nurse checklists have been developed based on two current research projects of the Health Behaviours Team: The PCShop study and the SaltSwap study.

The aim is to support healthcare professionals in providing evidence-based recommendations on how to reduce the intake of saturated fat to help lower LDL cholesterol and salt to reduce blood pressure. These dietary changes will help to prevent cardiovascular disease.

We recommend using the nurse checklist alongside the booklet. It was developed to support healthcare professionals in explaining the booklets to patients and to give guidance on information to focus on.

The brochures are free for use by healthcare professionals and for private use. Please contact Prof. Susan Jebb if you are interested in using it for a commercial purpose.

The .pdf versions of these documents are available to download for free below. We would, however, encourage you to use a professional printer for the patient booklets as they were designed in full colour with this in mind.

You can order any amount you like easily and simply by completing the form below and emailing it to printstudio@admin.ox.ac.uk.

As a guide, 10 salt and 10 saturated fat booklets together with nurse checklists (total 20 booklets and 20 checklists) for each are available for a total of £14.00 + £5 UK-wide shipping.