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Patient Education
Heart Health
How Can I Improve Cholesterol
How Can I Reduce High Blood Pressure
How Can I Manage Stress
How Can I Quit Smoking
DASH diet
Week with the DASH Diet
Common Foods and Flavors of the Mediterranean Diet
Fiber Facts
Pre-Diabetes
Diabetes Prevention
(video)
Preventing Type 2 Diabetes
Online Nutrition Classes
Diabetes
Newly Diagnosed Guide
Taking Care of Your Feet
Checking Glucose
Weekly Blood Sugar Log
Plan Your Plate (video)
Sugar Substitutes (video)
Food Diary
Weight Management
What’s a Serving
Fight Stress with Healthy Habits
What About Eating Out
How Can Physical Activity Become a Way of Life
Eat More Color
Nutrition for people on GLP-1 medication
Food Groups and Portion Size (video)
Healthy Ways to Cook and Season (video)
Food Label Know How (video)
Meal Planning
Eat Right When Money is Tight
Shopping on a Budget
Building a Healthy Plate
Building a Healthy Plate (Asian Cuisine)
Building a Healthy Plate (Indian Cuisine)
Building a Healthy Plate (Vegetarian Cuisine)
Navigating the Grocery Store (video)
Food Hub Tool
Heart Healthy Meal Plan
7 Day Low Glycemic Meal Plan
Our Diabetes Program was created to enhance the education and support offered to our patients suffering with diabetes. We are wholeheartedly focused on improving the lives of our patients with diabetes. Our Diabetes Program goals are to:
- reduce the occurrence of serious illness that could result in hospital stays and ER visits
- reduce diabetes-related complications, such as blindness, amputations, kidney failure and heart disease
- provide state-of-the-art treatment, monitoring and education
- promote self-management and a team approach to diabetes care
- reduce your health care costs
- and, most important to us: make your life with diabetes better and longer
Patient Care
Patients in the diabetes program work closely and meet regularly with our diabetes educator. We have three available options for patients to receive education. Please click on any of the following options for additional details:
Your individual needs and schedule will determine which option(s) is best suited for your diabetes care.
To schedule an appointment with the Diabetes Educator, or to attend any of the group or educational events, please call our office at 816-781-7400.
Patient Resources for Diabetes Management
Patient Resources
Listed below are links to other health resources on the internet that will provide assistance for the insured, uninsured and underinsured.
Missouri Medicaid MoHealthnet Web site
Official Government Web Site for Medicare
Coupons for Discounts on Medication Coupons
Listed below are links to community support programs that are available at several of the hospitals that serve North Kansas City and the patients of Clay Platte Family Medicine Clinic.
Online Course Catalog | Support Groups
Support Groups Community Education
Community Classes
Listed below are links to other health resources on the internet which we have found to be useful and informative
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Academy of Pediatrics Children's Health Topics
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American Diabetes Association
American Heart Association
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Children's Hospital Boston
Family Doctor - From The American Academy of Family Physicians
Healthline 
Medline Plus
National Lipid Association
Runner's World
WebMD