On June 4, 2018, students of the Department of Nutrition and Food Science of the University of Maryland, visited the premises of the Hellenic Health Foundation (HHF), with the purpose to take a short training course on "Traditional Mediterranean diet: definition and safeguarding". The course was taught by Prof. A. Trichopoulou, President of the HHF, Dr. E. Valanou and Ms. E. Vasilopoulou collaborators of the HHF.