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Abstract Objective: The aim of this study is to identify behavior changes in control diet that associated with effective hypertension control. Methods: This study was conducted at primary care clinic in Yogyakarta Indonesia. This study used a Quasi-experimental design with pre-test and post-test with control and intervention group in primary care clinic. The intervention and control group were selected through the specified inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data were collected using a simple random sampling. The intervention group received a control diet package for 6 weeks. Result: There were 84 subjects of hypertension patients, grouped into two groups: 42 patients (intervention group) and 42 patients (control group). There were differences of increasing behavior change control diet scores between the control and intervention groups. There was a significant difference with (p <0.05) of (1.41) in the intervention group, while there was a decrease in score (&