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:: Highly respected within the scientific community, the Danone International Prize For Nutrition was created in 1997 by the Danone Institute with the support of the French Medical Research Foundation (Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale [F.R.M.]). With prize money of €120,000, it is awarded every two years to research workers that achieve breakthroughs in the nutrition and health areas.
One of the objectives of the Danone Institute is to promote and encourage research work on nutrition in its widest sense: physiology, microbiology, clinical studies, genetics, molecular biology etc., but also work on the cultural, behavioural, anthropological and social aspects of nutrition.
The sixth Danone International Prize For Nutrition was awarded in July 2007 to Professor Jeffrey Friedman, New York, for his discovery of the role of fatty tissue in regulating appetite.
He discovered that leptine, a hormone secreted by fatty tissue, is instrumental in regulating appetite and weight. His research has made a vital contribution to the fight against obesity.
