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 EUR.

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

Prize winners

2005

• Prize to be announced in September 2005 at the 18th International Congress of Nutrition in Durban.

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

See also

• List of prizes, medals, and awards

External links

• Official prize website