Danone International Prize for Nutrition

The Danone International Prize for Nutrition is an award established in 1997 and presented every two years to honour individuals or teams that have advanced the science of human nutrition.

It is promoted by the Danone Institute International and offers a prize of €120,000 (approximately $163,000).

Danone Institute International is a non-profit organisation originally established with funding from multinational food manufacturer Groupe Danone.

2007

 * Jeffrey M. Friedman, Rockefeller University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute; for research on the role of genetics and leptin, a hormone he discovered, in body-weight regulation.

2005

 * David J. P. Barker, epidemiologist at the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Division Research Centre of Southampton University, UK and at the Heart Research Centre, Oregon Health and Science University, USA.

2003

 * Ricardo Bressani

2001

 * Alfred Sommer and team from the School of Hygiene and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University

1999

 * Leif Hallberg

1997

 * Vernon R. Young