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CTY offers students from across Greece, Cyprus, and around the world the opportunity to cultivate their potential through specially designed extracurricular programs that address their unique learning and cognitive needs.

Since 2014, Lidl Hellas has awarded more than 520 scholarships.

Course Benefits:

• Foundational Knowledge: Students learn how to navigate food labels and adopt sustainable eating habits, focusing on a plant-based diet while reducing the intake of meat and dairy products.
• Activities: The course includes interactive sessions such as the “Cooking Club.”
• Exploring Gut Health: Through games and experiments, students understand the relationship between diet and gut microbiome health, comparing the effects of junk food with those of a plant-based diet.
• Dietary Patterns: In the second week, students are introduced to various dietary choices, including veganism and vegetarianism, through discussions and tastings of alternative proteins, alongside conversations about the environmental impact of livestock farming.
• Food Science Skills: Students gain hands-on laboratory experience by conducting experiments to ensure food safety and quality, including testing for pathogenic microorganisms and learning techniques such as PCR.
• Innovation and Ethics: Students develop their own product ideas supported by research and engage in discussions about the ethical implications of marketing unhealthy foods to children.

Throughout the course, participants develop a comprehensive understanding of nutrition, sustainable practices, and the impact of food choices on both health and the environment.