Danone International Prize for Nutrition

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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.

1 Prize winners
- 1.1 2007
- 1.2 2005
- 1.3 2003
- 1.4 2001
- 1.5 1999
- 1.6 1997
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Prize winners

[edit] 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.^[1]

[edit] 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.