New brochure - Danone Institute

Contents 

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I. Danone Institutes page 3 

- Historical commitment to health 

- Mission and activities 

- Structure and functioning 

- Ethic 

II. An international and interdisciplinary network page 4 

III. Research support page 6 

IV. Information for health professionals page 8 

V. Education programs for health professionals page 10 

VI. Education programs for education page 12 

and communication professionals 

VII. Education programs for the general public page 14 

VIII. Danone Institutes’ main focus 

- Nutrition and child development page 16 

- Foods for health page 18 

- Feeding behaviors page 19 

- Novel concepts in nutrition page 20 

IX. Index page 21 

International & local websites page 22 

This document aims to highlight 

some of the Danone Institutes’ activities worldwide, 

according to their current main topics of interest. 

It is not an exhaustive review of all Danone Institutes’ activities.

Danone Institutes 

HISTORICAL COMMITMENT TO HEALTH 

A commitment to health and well-being has always been at 

the heart of Danone. Isaac Carasso, founder of the Danone 

brand, started making yogurts in 1919 in Barcelona using lactic 

cultures from the Pasteur Institute in Paris. He took his cue from 

the work of Nobel-prize winning biologist Elie Metchnikoff, 

which suggested that bacteria could help with the intestinal 

disorders then so frequent among local children. 

Ten years later, his son Daniel Carasso set up business in Paris. 

At their launch, Danone yogurts were prescribed by physicians 

and distributed through pharmacies. Today, more and more 

consumers enjoy the health benefits of Danone yogurts and of 

milk fermented with selected probiotics such as Bifidobacterium 

or Lactobacillus casei. 

The creation of the Danone Institutes demonstrate the strength 

and durability of Danone’s commitment to health, and enable 

the brand to play a significant civic role through concrete 

actions going far beyond yogurt production. 

MISSION 

The mission of Danone Institutes is to develop knowledge on 

the links between nutrition, diet and health, and to disseminate 

that knowledge to the general public. To accomplish this, 

Danone Institutes: 

• promote research in nutrition 

• bring together scientists, involved in dietary and nutritional 

studies, with health and education professionals 

• serve as a clearinghouse for information on all diet-related 

subjects. 

ACTIVITIES 

To carry out their mission, Danone Institutes set up concrete 

programs of actions. They may deal with any food or nutrient 

that could have an impact on human health and are generally 

designed to address major public health nutrition issues. 

Danone Institutes are committed to taking a multidisciplinary 

approach that combines medicine, biology, and the human 

sciences. 

While programs of actions are primarily initiated at the local 

level, some of them can be adapted and implemented in other 

countries. Danone Institutes also collaborate to develop 

programs with a broad international scope. 

STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONING 

Danone Institutes are organized as independent associations, 

foundations, or similar entities and are funded by local Danone 

companies. In general, their members are recognized experts 

in the fields of diet, nutrition, and health and work in public 

institutions such as hospitals, universities, or research centers. 

Some of the members represent the local Danone subsidiary. 

All Danone Institutes follow common guidelines that guarantee 

a clear and democratic organization. They are generally 

composed of a Scientific Council, a Board and members. The 

roles of each are similar in every country: 

• The Scientific Council, composed of 6 to 25 members, 

establishes the communication and action programs of the 

Danone Institute. 

• The Board is made up of 5 to 8 scientific experts and 

representatives of Danone. It is responsible for implementing 

and managing strategic decisions and budgets. It also 

represents the institute in its daily interactions with Danone, 

the press, and outside agencies. 

• All members are strongly committed to the objectives of the 

Danone Institute. They are selected from the local scientific 

community and their membership is renewable. 

• A general meeting is held once a year to review the Institute’s 

activities and budget and to hold elections. 

ETHIC 

Danone Institutes are not-for-profit organizations, independent 

of the local Danone companies. They act freely and 

independently, and their programs of actions contain no 

commercial information. 

“Nowadays the relationship between diet and health is becoming well 

documented: we now know for sure that diet, when appropriate, 

contributes to good health, while the prevention of chronic diseases such 

as obesity, diabetes, cardio-vascular diseases... through healthy diet and 

lifestyle is becoming a key public health issue. In that context, Danone 

Institutes, by supporting nutrition research and disseminating relevant 

scientific knowledge on food, diet and nutrition, is more than ever at 

the center of Danone's commitment to health”. 

Franck Riboud, Chairman and CEO of Groupe Danone 

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An international 

and interdisciplinary network 

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U.S.A. 

MEXICO 

CANADA 

SOUTHERN CONE 

(Argentina, Chile 

& Uruguay) 

SPAIN 

The first Danone Institute was created in 1991 in France. 

Since then, Danone Institutes have been established in 

17 other countries around the world with the goal of 

developing programs which address local public health 

nutrition issues. 

This international network involves more than 220 wellknown 

experts from various disciplines such as basic and 

clinical nutrition, food science, physiology, microbiology, 

toxicology, pediatrics, endocrinology, internal medicine, 

genetics, sociology, and psychology. 

During their 17 years of existence, Danone Institutes have 

developed numerous local programs aimed at 

supporting nutrition research, informing and training 

professionals, and educating the general public. Detailed 

information about these activities is available on local 

Danone Institutes’ websites in the local language. Most 

FRANCE 

INTERNATIONAL 

ITALY TURKEY ISRAEL 

BELGIUM 

GERMANY 

CHINA 

POLAND 

RUSSIA 

CZECH 

REPUBLIC 

JAPAN 

INDONESIE 

of the sites offer the possibility to order material, 

download application files, and subscribe to an e-mail 

list. Some sites are also reference tools for resources on 

nutrition. 

In 2004, Danone Institute International was created to 

develop large-scale international programs, to facilitate 

the sharing of knowledge and experience between local 

Danone Institutes, and to encourage cooperation and 

collaboration with the international scientific community 

through international scientific conferences, 

publications, and through the international website: 

www.danoneinstitute.org

D A N O N E I N S T I T U T E S A R O U N D T H E W O R L D 

BELGIUM – created in 1991 

President: Prof. Daniel BRASSEUR, Children’s University Hospital Queen Fabiola, 

Clinical Nutrition Unit, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) 

General Representative: Dominique JEANMART 

Address: Rue Jules Cockxstraat 6 – 1160 Brussels 

Phone: + 32 2 770 63 54 - Fax: + 32 2 771 98 97 

E-mail: institute@danone.com 

www.danoneinstitute.be 

CANADA – created in 1998 

President: Prof. Peter JONES, Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and 

Nutraceuticals (RCFFN), University of Manitoba 

General Representative: Jessica WRIGHT 

Address: 100, rue Lauzon – Boucherville – QUÉBEC J4B 1E6 

Phone: + 1 450 655 7331 - Fax: +1 450 655 6960 

E-mail: danone.institute@danone.com 

www.institutdanone.ca 

www.danoneinstitute.ca 

CHINA – created in 1998 

President: Prof. Yu WANG, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 

Beijing 

General Representative: Guoxiong ZHANG 

Address: 29, Nan Wei Road – Xuanwu District – BEIJING 100050 

Phone: + 86 10 831 329 21 - Fax: + 86 10 831 326 25 

E-mail: danone.institute@danone-institute.org.cn 

www.danone-institute.org.cn 

CZECH REPUBLIC – created in 1992 

President: Prof. Zuzana BRAZDOVA, Masaryk University 

General Representative: Klára HALOVA 

Address: Palac Flora, Vinohradska 2828/151, 

130 11 PRAGUE 3 

Phone: + 42 0 272 003 401 - Fax: + 42 0 272 003 411 

E-mail: info@institut-danone.cz 

www.institut-danone.cz 

FRANCE – created in 1991 

President: Pr. Jean-Philippe GIRARDET 

General Representative: Anne-Sophie BOURHIS 

Address: 150 Boulevard Victor Hugo – 93 589 SAINT OUEN cedex 

Phone: 33 1 49 48 58 33 - Fax: 33 1 49 48 50 41 

E–mail: institut@danone.com 

www.institutdanone.org 

GERMANY – created in 1992 

President: Prof. Günther WOLFRAM, Technical University of Munich 

General Representative: Dr. Kerstin Schnaebele 

Address: Geschäftsstelle – Richard Reitzner Allee 1 – 85540 HAAR 

Phone: + 49 89 627 33 338 - Fax: + 49 89 627 33 659 

E-mail: kontakt@institut-danone.de 

www.institut-danone.de 

INDONESIA – created in 2007 

President: Prof. Dr. SOEKIRMAN, President of National Research Committee; 

Chairman of Indonesia Coalition for Fortification; Professor of Nutrition Bogor 

Agricultural University, Indonesia Christian University, and Gadjah Mada University 

General Representative: Dr. Avita A. USFAR 

Address: Cawang Kencana Bld 4th Fl. Jl. Mayjen Sutoyo Kav 22. Jakarta 13630. 

Indonesia 

Phone: (62-21) 80888123 - Fax: (62-21) 8011335 

E-mail: avita.usfar@danone.com 

www.danonenutrindo.org 

ISRAEL – created in 1998 

President: Prof. Emanuel LEBENTHAL, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical 

Center,Jerusalem 

General Representative: Amalia HAVIV-MESSIKA 

Address: Amalia Messika,Strauss Group Ltd.49 Hasivim St., Pob 194, Petach Tikva 

49517, Israel 

Phone: + 972 3 7202111 

E-mail: Amali.Messika@Strauss-Group.com 

www.danone-institute.org.il 

ITALY – created in 1991 

President: Prof. Marcello GIOVANNINI, University of Milan 

General Representative: Simone CERUTI, Danone Italy 

Address: Via Alserio, 10 – 20159 MILANO 

Phone: + 39 2 60 746 111 - Fax: + 39 2 60 746 878 

Email: segreteriaistitutodanone@intramed.it 

www.istitutodanone.it 

JAPAN – created in 1998 

President: Prof. Michio IMAWARI, Showa University School of Medicine 

General Representative: Tsuneo HIRAHARA 

Address: Nakameguro GT Tower 16F, 2-1-1, Kamimeguro, Meguro-ku, 

Tokyo 153-0051, JAPAN 

Phone: + 81 3 6361 6720 - Fax: + 81 3 5724 2901 

E-mail: dij@danone.com 

www.danone-institute.gr.jp 

MEXICO – created in 1998 

President: Prof. Hector BOURGES, National Institute of Nutrition 

General Representative: Jennifer RALPH 

Address: Guillermo González Camarena No.333 

Col. Centro de Ciudad Santa Fé, Alvaro Obregón 

01210 MÉXICO D.F. 

Phone: + 52 55 52 58 72 00 - Fax: + 52 55 52 92 25 97 

E-mail: instituto-danone.mexico@danone.com 

www.institutodanone.org.mx 

POLAND – created in 1995 

President: Prof. Jerzy SOCHA, Institute of Child Health 

General Representative: Ewa ZACHAREWICZ 

Address: ul. Redutowa 9/23 – 01 103 WARSZAWA 

Phone: + 48 22 86 08 297 - Fax: + 48 22 86 08 452 

E-mail: ewa.zacharewicz@danone.com 

www.instytutdanone.com.pl 

RUSSIA – created in 1998 

President: Prof. Valentin POKROVSKIY, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences 

General Representative: Olga VOLKOVA 

Address: Leninigradsky prospekt, 15 – Moscow, 125040 

Phone: + 7 095 777 90 40 - Fax: + 7 095 777 90 41 

E-mail: olga.volkova@danone.com 

SOUTHERN CONE (ARGENTINA, CHILE and URUGUAY) – created in 2008 

President: MD, Phd. Ricardo Uauy (Chile) 

General Representative: Ricardo Weill (Argentina) 

Address: Moreno 877, Piso 13 – (C1091AAP) 

Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires - Argentina 

Phone: + 54 11 4239.1714 - Fax: + 54 11 4239.1714 

E-mail: secretaria@institutodanoneconosur.org 

www.institutodanoneconosur.org 

SPAIN – created in 1993 

President: Prof. Manuel SERRANO RIOS, University Complutense, Madrid 

General Representative: José A. MATEOS 

Address: Buenos Aires, 21 – 08 029 BARCELONA 

Phone: + 34 9 3291 2357 - Fax: + 34 9 3419 6592 

E-mail: jose-antonio.mateos@danone.com 

www.institutodanone.es 

TURKEY – created in 2005 

President: Prof. Tanju BESLER, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Health Sciences 

Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, 06100 Sıhhiye, Ankara 

General Representative: Özlem BAYKUL 

Address: Cumhuriyet Cad. Acarlar Is Merkezi D Blok 14 Kat:5-6-7 Kavacik 34805 

Beykoz-Istanbul 

Phone: + 90 216 425 90 22 - Fax: + 90 216 322 60 20 

E-mail: danone_institute@danone.com 

www.danoneenstitusu.org.tr 

USA – created in 1997 

President: Dr. Virginia A. STALLINGS, Nutrition Center, The Children’s Hospital 

of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 

General Representative: Gayle BINNEY 

Address: 100 Hillside Avenue – White Plains, NY 10603 

Phone: + 1 914 872 8543 - Fax: + 1 914 872 1565 

E-mail: dannon.institute@dannon.com 

www.dannon-institute.org 

INTERNATIONAL – created in 2004 

President: Prof. Manuel SERRANO RIOS, University Complutense, Madrid 

General Representative: Armelle DARDAINE - LEOPOLI 

Address: Route Départementale 128 – 91767 PALAISEAU 

Phone: + 33 1 69 35 76 34 - Fax: + 33 1 69 35 76 47 

E-mail: danoneinstituteinternational@danone.com 

www.danoneinstitute.org 

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Danone Institutes 

today sponsor more 

than 20 different research 

support programs in 12 countries, whose rules, 

such as frequency, type of scientist, amount, 

and the conditions for application, are specific 

to each country (see table opposite). The 

Scientific Council selects winners after an 

independent review of applications, the main 

selection criteria being scientific merit. 

Programs fund research in basic and clinical 

nutrition; they encourage nutrition researchers 

to collaborate with other disciplines, and 

support community-oriented nutrition 

programs. The focus of the research varies from 

country to country, depending on the judgment 

of the local Scientific Council, as is shown in 

these different examples: Nutrition and 

Inflammation (Germany, 2006), Food habits 

(Israel, 2007), Obesity (Indonesia, 2008)… 

➜ First Laureate at Danone Institute Indonesia 

The Danone Institute of Indonesia has three main 

programmes: research grants for doctoral students 

and institutions and publication grants for 

international journals. 

Information is available at the website: 

www.danonutrindo.org 

➜ Danone International Prize for Nutrition 

At the international level, the Danone International Prize 

for Nutrition, which totals 120 000 €, is awarded every two years 

to a researcher or research team, which has developed a novel nutritional 

concept and has contributed to advancing the frontiers of human nutrition. 

Six outstanding researchers have been awarded the prize since 1997. 

“The goal of the Danone International Prize for Nutrition is to recognize 

and encourage top-level scientists to develop innovative scientific concepts 

and approaches in nutrition, and to encourage them to find effective 

solutions that will help people live healthier lives. It is hoped that the prize 

will help to place nutrition at the heart of the public health debate.” 

Prof. Manuel Serrano Rios, Complutense University, Madrid, Chairman of Danone Institute 

International. 

➜ Research grants from the Danone Institute of Japan encourage 

researchers in health and nutrition. One of the most important activities 

of Danone Institute Japan (DIJ) is to select promising projects with 

pioneering hypotheses and reliable scientific approaches, placing a 

priority on probiotics and childhood nutrition. Each applicant should be 

an affiliated member of a Japanese Institute. All applications are reviewed 

and graded by DIJ scientific council members, and the winners are 

nominated at the DIJ Board Meeting. The winner’s research results are 

presented to DIJ members at a DIJ conference. Every year, six to 11 grants 

are allocated for a total of 75 000 €. 

“Japan is known to be a country where many people live to an advanced 

age, and the traditional Japanese diet is considered to be a contributing 

factor. However, as the lifestyle of the Japanese people is westernized, the 

prevalence rate of diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidaemia has been 

increasing. The research that received the award aimed to reveal the 

relationship between diet and disease by comparing Japanese Americans 

with the Japanese. The DIJ research grant covered part of the subjects’ 

blood test costs, and supported our effort to identify the health problems 

that the Japanese will face in the near future as the lifestyle is westernized. 

I greatly appreciate its contribution.” 

Dr. Ohnishi, one of the winners of the research grant from Danone Institute of Japan in 2006. 

➜ Best Poster Awards are offered by Danone Institute of Turkey for 

the best scientific posters in major national congresses. For each congress, 

2 awards are allocated for a total of 1 500 €. 

“In 2006, Danone Institute of Turkey is awarding Best Poster Awards at 

four national congresses to researchers working in the field of nutrition. 

The Best Poster Awards were established by the organizing committees of 

the congresses, and award winners were selected by congress scientific 

committees, independent of the members of Danone Institute of Turkey. 

Danone Institute of Turkey is dedicating 6 000 euros per year for the Best 

Poster Awards program in order to support our nation’s researchers in 

their work in the field of nutrition to promote health.”

➜ Research Award in Nutrition and Health (Israel) 

In recent years, thirty research grants were awarded by 

the Danone Institute for promoting research by young 

scientists on issues at the forefront of nutrition to promote 

health. The awards were given to promising researchers 

at leading universities and research institutes in Israel. 

Country Regular Funding Offer 

BELGIUM 

CANADA 

CHILE 

CHINA 

CZECH 

REPUBLIC 

FRANCE 

GERMANY 

INDONESIA 

ISRAEL 

JAPAN 

SPAIN 

TURKEY 

Grant for Research in Human 

Nutrition 

Doctoral Scholarship in Nutrition 

Grant in Aid Program 

Scholarship for research in Pediatrics 

and Nutrition as stimulus to 

participate in the annual meeting of 

Latin American Society of Pediatric 

Investigation (La Serena, Chile). 

Diet Nutrition Research & 

Communication Grant 

Research Grants 

Research Scholarships 

Young Scientists Award 

Prize for research project in 

Health and Nutrition 

Grant for Health and Nutrition 

in partnership with Fondation 

Recherche Médicale 

Scientific Research Awards 

Nutrition Research Project 

Grants 

Research grant 

Publication grant for 

international journal 

Research Awards in Nutrition 

and Health 

Research Grant 

Prize for the Scientific Trajectory 

of the Last Ten Years 

Scholarship for Research 

Aid for Graduates 

Grants for researchers in Health 

and Nutrition 

Grants for research project in 

Health and Nutrition 

Best poster Awards at scientific 

congress 

INTERNATIONAL Danone International Prize 

for Nutrition 

Since 1991… 

➜ More than 

800 research projects funded 

➜ More than 16 millions € 

in grants distributed 

Grants Nber 

Intended for Creation Amount per Offer Total Amount 

& Frequency 

Researchers in nutrition (< 40 years 

old) members of the staff of a 

Belgian university. 

Holders of a degree or a graduate 

(< 35 years old) 

Researchers in a Canadian postsecondary 

educational institution 

Researchers in Pediatric and 

Nutrition area. 

Researchers and health educators 

Researchers in a Czech postsecondary 

educational institution 

Young Czech Researchers 

(in final year of their PhD.) 

Czech Researchers under 30 

Young researchers 

Research teams 

Scientist with outstanding research 

work (< 35 years old) from Germany, 

Austria and Switzerland 

Young scientists in the field of 

nutrition for German research groups 

Doctorate students and institutions. 

Open for all scientists 

Young researchers in nutrition 

(< 46 years old). 

Researchers in nutrition 

in universities or authorised 

research institutes in Japan 

Spanish researchers 

Young Spanish researchers 

Spanish graduates 

Young researchers (under 30) 

Young researchers (under 40) 

Researchers in the field of nutrition 

Researchers in human nutrition 

2003 

1998 

1998 

2008 

1998 

1996 

1996 

1996 

1991 

1998 

2005 

1992 

2007 

1999 

1999 

1994 

1994 

2000 

2006 

2006 

2006 

1997 

10,000 € 

30,000 € / year 

About 25,000 € 

US$ 500 

11,000-22,000 € 

20,000 € 

1,670 € 

1,670 € 

65 000 € 

5,000 € 

Around 10,000 € up to 30,000 € 

(depending on concrete offers) 

About 10,400 € 

About 700 € 

4,170 $ 

12,500 € 

18 000 € 

12,000 € over 2 years 6 every year 

5 000 € 

3 000 € 

5 000 € 

1,500 € 

120,000 € 

Every 2 years 

1 every 4 years 

About 4 per year 

Five per year 

13 every year 

1 every year 

1 every year 

1 every year 

Every 2 years 

Up to 2 every 2 

years 

1 every year 

Up to 10 per year 



1 every year 

6 every year 

1 every year 

1 every year 

3 every year 

1 every year 

4 every year 

1 every 2 years 

10,000 € over 2 

years 

120,000 € over 4 

years 

Up to 100,000 € 

US$ 3000 

About 190,000 € 

20,000 € 

1,670 € 

1,670 € 

Up to 90,000 € 

Up to 130,000 € 

over 2 years 

5,000 € 

135,000 € 

104,000 € 

3,500 € 

23,000 €–29,000 € 

75,000 € 

18 000 € 

72 000 € 

5 000 € 

18,000 € 

10,000 € 

9,000 € 

120,000 € 

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In order to 

make new scientific 

knowledge available to 

practitioners, Danone Institutes regularly publish 

symposia proceedings, monographs, books, CD- 

ROMs, leaflets and newsletters. Written by 

world-renowned experts, these publications 

cover a wide variety of topics, present overviews 

of recent developments, promote consensus 

and/or explore controversy surrounding relevant 

issues. They are generally designed to be 

practical tools for health professionals. Most 

Danone Institutes’ publications are available 

free of charge and may be downloaded from the 

website of Danone Institute International: 

www.danoneinstitute.org and on local Danone 

Institutes’ websites. 

➜ 9th ITEMS release 

The 9th book of the ITEMS 

series was published by the 

Italian Danone Institute. The 

new book, entitled Diet, 

health, wellness: nutritional 

principles under different 

conditions of life was edited by 

Professor Carlo Agostoni, 

Paediatrician, Department of Paediatrics, University 

of Milan, and Professor Ermanno Lanzola, Nutritionist, 

Research Centre on Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 

University of Pavia. 

A number of Italian experts cooperated in writing the 

ten chapters of the publication, which deals with the 

nutritional problems associated with various life 

conditions: women during pregnancy and lactation, 

newborns, breastfed children and adolescents, 

obesity, diabetes, dislipidaemia, cardiovascular 

disease, colonic disease, etc. The last two chapters 

are dedicated to the bioactive components of food 

and to the relations between food preparation 

processes and diet. 

Six thousand (6 000) copies of the book were printed 

and distributed during congresses or mailed to health 

professionals free of charge. 

➜ Daily Recommended 

Allowances of Nutrients in 

the Mexican Population, this 

book contains the latest information 

on the daily-recommended allowances 

of nutrients in the Mexican population. 

It is intended for health and dietary professionals 

involved in planning and evaluating diets. 

“This attractive book, endorsed by the Secretary of Health and the National 

Academy of Medicine of Mexico, contains the first of a two-part report of a 

working group composed of 50 experts from 15 Mexican Health Institutions. 

Recommended allowances of nutrients were updated based on present 

knowledge and adapted to the conditions of the Mexican population.” 

Prof. H. Bourges, National Institute of Nutrition, 

President, Danone Institute of Mexico. 

➜ Acquisition of food-related behaviours in children: Critical 

Windows for later health 

Danone Institute International recently supported the publication of the 

proceedings of an international pre-congress 

symposium that was held at the 10th European 

Nutrition Conference on July 2007. It brought 

together academics and health professionals to 

reflect on the factors that affect a child’s ability to 

maintain a healthy body during growth. Edited by 

Dr France Bellisle (University of Paris) and Dr Inge 

Lissau (National Institute of Public Health, 

Copenhagen), this supplement to the British Journal of Nutrition includes 

the lectures which took place during the symposium and is of interest to 

paediatricians, biologists, public health policy makers and scientists 

involved in the childhood-related industry. This supplement and the online 

conferences are available at the Danone Institute International website. 

➜ Ten years Danone Institute China 

One hundred (100) investigators wrote the brief bilingual introduction 

regarding the 116 research programs which have been supported by 

Danone Institute China over the past ten years. The research results are 

much closer to daily life demands by the general public and related 

government departments. There are some programs that involve research 

on nutritional education methods which can be implemented in other 

similar situations. Thus, it is an important model that could be copied in 

China. This 300-page book is disseminated to health professionals and 

some government officers in China and abroad. 

➜ Objectif Nutrition 

The objective of the publication of Danone Institute 

France is to help health professionals in their mission 

of informing patients about nutrition. 

Since 1991, Danone Institute France has published a 

free quarterly journal called “Objectif Nutrition” for 

more than 25 000 health professionals. Written by nutrition specialists, 

Objectif Nutrition gives practical and original scientific information to 

help doctors increase their knowledge in the field of nutrition.

Newsletters 

Country Newsletters Language Date of Frequency Nb of 

and Series creation pages 

ARGENTINA Functional Foods 

electronic Newsletter 

Spanish 2008 4 issues/year 1-2 

FRANCE Objectif Nutrition French/ English 1992 4 issues/year 12p 

ITALY Items Flash Italian 2008 10 issues/year 2p 

Items News Italian 1995 2–4 issues/year 12p 

JAPAN Nutrition News Japanese 2001 12 issues/year e-newsletter 

INDONESIA (to be confirmed) English Start 2008 2 issues/year 4-8p 

SPAIN Diet, Food and 

Nutrition (ANS) 

Spanish 1994 4 issues/year 32p 

USA Community Nutritionary English 1998 Annual, on line 24p 

INTERNATIONAL Nutrition News English 2004 6 issues/year e-newsletter 

Newsletter English 2005 annual 4-8p 

Main Publications 

Country Books & CD Roms 

BELGIUM 

CHINA 

CZECH 

REP. 

FRANCE 

ITALY 

ISRAEL 

JAPAN 

MEXICO 

POLAND 

SPAIN 

Omega-3 Fatty Acids: The Good Oil ? 

Pr. P. C. Calder 

Trace Elements 

Multi-field group of specialists 

Le calcium à travers les âges 

Pr.B.Salle 

Antioxidants and Nutrition 


Adolescent Nutrition and Diet 


The Athlete's Diet. Nutritional Goals and Dietary Strategies 

Pr Ron Maughan 

The Diabetic at Table. Outcast or Paradigm ? 

Dr. Gérard Slama 

Food safety: a scientific approach 


Nutrition and diet of elderly 


Human behavior with regard to food : A Scientific approach Dr. F. Bellisle 

Parental nutrition and the surgical patient 

Dr. A. Sitges-Serras 

Towards a psychology of food choice 

Pr. P. Rozin 

Fighting child malnutrition: physiopathological and practical aspects Dr. A. Briend 

The Western diet with a special focus on dairy products 

Pr. Schaafsma 

The large intestine in nutrition and disease 

Dr. J. Cummings 

Nutrition in medicine: a physician’s view 

Dr. Allison 

From macro-nutrients to human diet 

Pr. D. Tomé 

Blue Book of China Food Industry 

Chinese Association 

and Science & Technology in 2002 

of Food Science & Technology 

Analysis Methods of the Functional Ingredients in Functional Foods Pr. G. Wang 

Guidelines of Dietary Nutrition in 21st Century 

Pr. Yuexin Yang 

Chinese Dietary Reference Intakes 

Chinese Nutrition Society 

Brushwork of Child Nutrition 

Pr. Yongqing Gao 

CD-ROM “Nutridan” 

Together we will Monitor Children’s BMI 

CD-ROM “Nutrition and Health” 

Adolescent Nutrition and Diet* 

Elderly Nutrition and Diet* 

Diet, health, wellness: nutritional principles in different conditions of life 

Food Safety, from the field to the table 

Lipometabolism disorders 

Nervous anorexia: from origin to therapy 

Fermented milks: biochemical, technological, 

probiotic and nutritional aspects 

Food: technological and nutritional aspects 

Essential obesity: genetics, metabolism, environment 

Nutritional diagnostic: check and evaluation of the nutritional situation 

Feeding at the different periods of life: physiopathological aspect 

Nutrition for Longevity 

Women nutrition in life cycle 

The large intestine in nutrition and disease 

Nutrition in medicine: a physician’s view 

The Mexican Daily Recommended Intakes (DRIs) Book I 

The Mexican Daily Recommended Intakes (DRIs) Book II 

Guidelines of Dietary Nutrition in Mexico 

Selected Articles Related to Mother & Infant Nutrition 

Selected Articles Related to Mother & Infant Nutrition 

Implementation of an Educational Dietary Program 

for Diabetes Mellitus II Patients 

Proteins in Food and Nutrition 

Lentils: The Recipe Book 

Healthy eating principles 

Vegetarianism in the Light of Nutritional Science 

The Truth about Fats 

Trends in Functional Foods 

Towards a healthier eating 

INTERNATIONAL Evidence for Health Claims on Food : How much is Enough? 

The Biology of Obesity 

Acquisition of food-related behaviours in children: Critical 

Windows for later health 

Nutritional Solutions to Major Public Health Problems of Preschool 

Children : How to optimise growth and Development 

Early Nutrition and its Later Consequences: New Opportunities. 

Food Selection: From Genes to Culture 

Since 1991… 

➜ 10 newsletters 

regularly distributed 

➜ 81 publications 

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To make scientific 

knowledge available 

to scientists as well as 

practitioners, Danone Institutes promote 

scientific exchanges by regularly organizing 

scientific meetings, such as symposia, 

workshops or forums involving some of the 

most renowned experts worldwide. These 

events present the latest developments in the 

field of diet, nutrition and health, identify new 

research avenues, and explore the practical 

implications of new knowledge. 

Danone Institutes also establish education 

programs to provide health professionals with 

up-to-date knowledge that may be useful for 

clinical nutrition practices. They take a 

multidisciplinary approach combining medicine, 

biology, and the human sciences. 

➜ Gut, Fat, Iron and Brain: Where are we? 

During the 3rd World Congress of Paediatrics, 

Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Danone 

Institute International organized a symposium on what 

we currently know about the role fatty acids, omega- 

3 and iron play in Brain and Gut development in 

Children. Chaired by Prof. Ricardo Uauy and Dr Virginia 

Stallings, this symposium included a series of lectures 

and discussions by internationally-recognized experts. 

“The occasion of the 3rd WCPGHAN in Iguassu Brazil 

provides a unique opportunity to congregate members 

of the Danone International Institutes as well as selected 

guests participants to discuss new knowledge on how 

essential fatty acids and iron affect brain development 

before and after birth and what we can do to support fetal, 

infant and child brain development by providing optimal 

nutrition to mothers and children during these critical 

periods. The program addresses the emerging area of 

crosstalk between the gastrointestinal tract and the brain 

starting from the programming of smell and taste 

preferences in early life to the role of nutrients in establishing 

hormonal and metabolic patterns that affect brain circuitry 

and contribute to the regulation of energy balance.” 

Professor Virginia Stallings, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA, 

President of Dannon Institute USA. Professor Ricardo Uauy, University 

of Chile, Chile & School of Tropical Medicine of London, UK, President 

of Danone Institute Southern Cone. Co-Chairmen of the symposium. 

➜ The Danone Chair is organized every year in 

partnership with two Belgian universities (one Dutchspeaking 

and one French-speaking university). It is a 15hour 

lecture split over several days that aims at highlighting 

recent developments in the field of human nutrition. The 

lecturers are professors from well-known international universities 

and experts in their area. The chairs are a valuable asset to Belgian universities 

for establishing important professional contacts and for exchanging scientific 

information with scholars of great renown. Since 2008, it has been agreed 

to place an abstract and key slides at the end of each lesson on the website 

of the Belgian Danone Institute to lend the entire event current value, 

instead of writing a monograph after the event has taken place. In 2008, 

the speakers were Professor Luc Cynober, from Université Paris 5 (France), 

who spoke on the subject of the “Place of amino acids in clinical nutrition,” 

and Professor John Blundell, from the University of Leeds (UK), whose lecture 

was built around the theme of the “Psychology of Appetite and Weight Gain.” 

➜ African Nutrition Leadership Program for French-Speaking Africans 

Danone Institute International already sponsored the first two African 

Nutrition Leadership Programs for French-Speaking Africans. This oneweek 

intense training session held in Morocco each year is organized in 

conjunction with the Federation of African Nutrition Societies Congress 

and in collaboration with INUS (International Union of Nutritional Sciences), 

UNU (United Nations University), INF (International Nutrition Foundation) 

with the active support of VLAG (Wageningen University). It is the occasion 

for future African leaders in Nutrition from French-speaking countries 

to be given leadership skills and specific knowledge such as 

communication, management or fundraising. 

➜ The Nutrition Leadership Institute ® (NLI) sponsored 

by the Dannon Institute USA is designed to provide the 

country’s most talented doctoral graduates and medical 

doctors, from nutrition and related fields, with the global 

perspective and skills essential to help them become more effective 

leaders in academia, government and industry. This intensive training 

program combines group and individual exercises led by professional 

leadership trainers with the opportunity to interact with and learn from 

nationally recognized leaders in nutrition. Held in alternating years since 

June 1998, the NLI has trained more than 120 future leaders and hosted 

more than 50 program guests since its creation. In 2006 the alumni of the 

program established the Dannon Institute Nutrition Leadership Institute 

Alumni Association. Its mission is to attract exceptional scientists, nurture 

their professional development, and foster multi-disciplinary nutrition and 

communication to promote the nutritional well-being of individuals 

worldwide. 

"My experience at the Nutrition Leadership Institute afforded me the unique 

opportunity to interact not only with the senior leaders in the field of 

nutrition, but with peers that have interests and experiences similar to mine. 

The establishment of relationships with these individuals will prove to be 

exceptionally important in my personal and professional development." 

James P. McClung, Ph.D., M.S., Nutritional Biochemist, Military Nutrition Division, 

United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM), 2007 Nutrition 

Leadership Institute Participant.

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Professor David Barker (UK). 

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Long term consequences of early development 

Prebiotics and Probiotics 

Allergy: Illness of the future 

Omega-3 Fatty Acids 

Antioxidants and Nutrition 

Nutrition as a determinant of successful aging 

"Evidence for health claims on food: How much is enough? 

Multi-Level Strategies for Changing Nutrition Behaviour 

Functional Foods - Celebrating Canada's Achievement 

Fœtal Origins of Adult Disease 

Nutrition, Metabolism and Chronic Diseases 

Food Functional Ingredients and Health 

Early Nutrition and its later Consequence 

Intestinal bacteria and obesity, Brain development and nutrition 

Pregnant women and child nutrition and adult health 

Nutrition and Inflammation. Acquisition, Sensoriality and Food Choice. 

Hygiene Hypothesis. 

Physical Activity, Food and Child Development 

Children's Diet: Three Nutritional issues at stake 

Obesity as a poverty related emerging nutrition problem in Indonesia 

Ecological nutrition 

Nutrition and brain 

Probiotics and children health 

Diet and immunity 

Nutrition in Mexico and for Mexicans 

Fonctional Foods: Probiotic products 

Fetal origins of Chronic health Diseases 

New developments in the diagnosis and treatment in chronic diarrhea or 

oral rehydration solutions 

What are the elements of a healthy diet from childhood to older ages? 

The Global Burden od Childhood malnutrition: Implications for development 

Nutrition and bone health 

Promoting Healthy Eating Among Youth: Engaging Communities Through 

Multi-level Strategies 

Gut, Fat, Iron and Brain : Where are we? 

Leptin: weight management and beyond 

Acquisition of food-related behaviours in children: Critical Windows for Later 

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Risks and Benefits of Rapid Early Growth 

Novel Concepts in the Developmental Origins of Adult Health and Dideases 

Nutrition Solutions to Major Public Health Problems of Preschool Children 

Early Nutrition and its Later Consequences: New Opportunities 

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PROGRAMS FOR 

EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS 

Education professionals can play an important 

role in promoting healthy eating habits to the 

general public, particularly among children. For this 

reason, Danone Institutes, in collaboration with 

multidisciplinary groups of experts such as 

education professionals, pediatricians, dieticians 

and psychologists, have developed several 

educational tools for teachers and for school cooks. 

➜ Il piacere di crescere 

attivi (“The pleasure of 

growing up active”): 

Developed by the Danone 

Institute of Italy, this little 

handbook proposes games 

for children to promote 

physical activity. This 

material is intended for parents as well as education 

professionals and was developed in collaboration 

with the University of Milan. Two thousand (2000) 

copies have been distributed in the paediatric 

departments of Milanese hospitals. 

➜ Celebrate Healthy 

Eating 

This nutritional education 

program of the Dannon 

Institute USA is specifically 

designed for preschool 

children and is accessible 

free of charge in English 

and Spanish at www.celebratehealthyeating.org. 

Families can read about nutrition news, create recipes 

for kids, and discover children’s books about nutrition. 

Teachers can find educational information, lesson 

plans, and activities on different food groups. 

➜ Faut Que Ça Bouge! (Let’s Move!) 

Physical activity is necessary to build and maintain 

good health throughout a person’s life. In order to 

educate children in elementary schools about the 

benefits of physical activity, 

Danone Institute France has 

developed a tool kit for teachers 

that includes ideas for classroom activities 

promoting a healthy, active lifestyle for pupils. 

The “Let’s Move!” program includes fact sheets 

on “Physical Activity and Health”, activities, a 

poster, and booklets for children’s families, as well as a website for teachers 

(www.fautquecabouge-enseignant.org). The proposed activities and their 

ease of implementation in the school environment were selected based 

upon their ability to promote healthy physical activity habits for children. 

The materials were developed by a multidisciplinary committee of experts 

including paediatricians, nutritionists, and doctors, as well as physical 

activity professionals and teachers. 

PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNICATION PROFESSIONALS 

Because of the increasing role of the media in communicating 

about nutrition to professionals and the general public, Danone 

Institutes organise training sessions for journalists to facilitate 

dialogue between scientists and the press. Danone Institutes 

also award prizes to journalists who have excelled at covering 

topics related to diet, nutrition and health. 

➜ Prize for Scientific Journalism: Every year since 1993, Danone Institute 

Spain has awarded a prize of 3 000 Euros to a Spanish journalist who has 

excelled at covering health and nutrition topics. 

Considering all that we know of the importance that the mass media has 

in the training and education of the public, the Danone Institute Spain 

has offered a Prize for Scientific Journalism that can be drawn from all 

of the journalistic works published or issued in the year previous to the 

call for entries, in subjects related to Nutrition, Feeding and Health. This 

prize has been granted in different outstanding professional editions of 

health communication. The selection of the winner is made by the 

Scientific Council of the Danone Institute. 

➜ Danone Institute Journalists Workshop: Each year, Danone Institute 

Germany brings together about 30 top journalists with a scientific 

background and ten renowned scientific experts for a workshop which 

takes place over two half-days. The aim of the workshop is to develop 

the dialogue between the media and the scientific community by focusing 

on nutrition topics of public interest. Since 2001 they have reflected the 

focus of the Research Funding Program developed by the Institute from 

the previous year. Brochures produced as a result of the workshops are 

available to the general public and specialists and can be downloaded 

free of charge from the Danone Institute Germany website.

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Menus for the week * 

Tasty and balanced menus for the day nursery * 

Children’s Diet 

Daniel’s Nutrition Case 

Children’s diet 

The pleasure to grow active 

Healthy Growth for healthy bones 

How to avoid osteoporosis 

Eating guide for school-age children 

Celebrate Healthy Eating 

Nutroides 

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Publications (Reports of the Danone Institute Journalists workshop 

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Inflammation – and no end? 

Aging ? – Let’s Postpone it ! 

Nutrition and Immunomodulation - New facts about the 

development of nutrition-dependent diseases and aspects 

of prevention 

Food Allergies - new facts on epidemiology, diagnosis, 

prevention and treatment 

Inborn-but not inherited: The early metabolic imprinting and 

its influence for the child development and the risk of chronic 

diseases 

Importance of sound and stable skeleton, recent facts 

of physiology, epidemiology and prevention 

Adiposity in infancy—recent facts of physiological 

backgrounds, causes, therapy and prevention 

Influence of nutrition and lifestyle on aging 

Psychopharmacological effects of nutrition 

Multi-field group of specialists and health professionals 









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Because 

improving the feeding 

behavior of the general 

population is a key public health issue, Danone 

Institutes have developed a large range of 

information and education programs intended 

for children, parents, pregnant women, the 

elderly, and athletes. These programs consist 

of radio and TV programs, leaflets, folders, kits, 

games, and contests. They are generally 

distributed free of charge (only handling and 

shipping costs may be asked for). 

➜ Nutrition at children’s age: The Danone Institute 

in Germany offers materials for primary school lessons. 

The aim is to enable teachers to include nutritional 

topics in various subjects as part of school lessons. 

An educational CD-ROM intended for teachers, pupils, 

and parents is also enclosed. 

➜ The Nutrition By Play: 

The Danone Institute in the 

Czech Republic has 

developed a nutritionbased 

computer game for 

children between 7 and 10 

years of age. The goal of 

the project is to contribute 

to preventing childhood obesity by encouraging 

children to adopt healthy eating habits. The game, 

which shows how the body works and illustrates the 

differences between healthy and unhealthy foods, was 

developed by a multidisciplinary team which included 

a paediatrician, a psychologist, and a nutritionist. The 

game is distributed to the public through primary 

schools and relevant not-for-profit organizations. 

Worksheets for pupils in school years 1-5 were also 

prepared for the game. The whole complex 

programme containing the CD with the game, 

worksheets and courses for teachers has obtained 

accreditation by the Czech Ministry of Education, 

Youth and Sport. 

➜ Girl’s 

Day Festival 

from the Danone 

Institute of Japan: Every year 

since 2000, these brightly 

illustrated leaflets are 

distributed to preschoolers 

and their mothers, outlining 

three elements of nutrition. 

➜ Online system for nutrient intake self-evaluation 

Danone Institute China developed a web-based tool for the general 

public in 2007. This tool can be used for free by registered visitors. It has 

the following functions: Chinese food search, nutrient content search for 

each food intake, nutrient intake calculation and evaluation. It provides 

space for storing evaluation results and food intake for registered visitors 

and their family members. It also provides the Chinese recommended 

daily allowances data. 

This web-based software was put online in February 2007, and up to now 

it has attracted more than five thousand permanent users. 

The tool was developed by DI in China based on the Chinese Food 

Composition Table databank which is provided by the Chinese Centre for 

Disease Control and Prevention, the partner of Danone Institute China. 

➜ The Breakfast Project for indigent populations 

The Breakfast Project for schoolchildren in south Jaffa-Tel Aviv, in 

collaboration with the Ministry of Health, has been going on for the last 

three years. In the framework of the project, 1 230 Arab and Jewish children 

from underprivileged neighbourhoods in south Tel Aviv are given a 

nutritious breakfast every morning before school, including sandwiches, 

vegetables, yogurt and puddings. 

A recent report on the breakfast project by the Israeli National Centre 

for Disease Control in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and 

Nutrition Service of the Ministry of Health has provided evidence of the 

benefits of the project as follows: 

a. The children were found to have better scholastic achievement 

b. A reduction in attention and concentration problems and diminished 

violence in school intermission. 

c. An improvement in the children's nutritional condition and eating 

habits 

d. Fewer late arrivals and absentees due to illness 

e. better knowledge about the significance of a variety of healthy food 

f. Better understanding of the importance of drinking water in hot climates

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Yummy in my Tummy, Healthy Eating Habits fir Life 

Eat Healthy, Grow Well 

Danone Nutrition Box 

Dietary Pagoda 

Nutrition By Play 

Healthy Eating - Healthy Love 

Loosing Weight Wisely 

Nutrition, Body and Motion 

Mammy, Daddy, I’m Hungry 

Danone Institute’s Dates 

“Les apprentis du goût” 

“Faut que ça Bouge!” Let’s move! 

“Goûte au moins” Try to taste 

Together we will Monitor Children’s BMI 

Children Eating with Adults 

At the Toddlers’ Table 

Nutrition at children’s age 

Nutrition Advice “NutriFit” 

Neurodermitis 

Do you also have high cholesterol? 

The Secret of Foody 

Children’s diet 

Diet pyramid for children 

Physical activity pyramid for children 

Tabe of Energy expenses for children 

Childish games 

Women’s nutrition during Pregnancy and Breastfeeding 

Diet and Sport 

The breakfast Project for indigent populations 

Science theatre project 

Cheerful Girl’s festival 

Food Galaxy 

What every future mum should know… 

Healthy Food - Better Life 

Nutrition Contests 

Nutrition Bulletins 

Growing leaps and bounds 

Celebrate Healthy Eating 

Since 1991… 

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“Nutritional 

deficiencies can affect 

the normal growth pattern in 

childhood. Furthermore poor nutrition in infancy 

and childhood might be associated with the 

development of disease later in life. The most 

important question in infant nutrition is how to 

promote breast-feeding, to give children nature’s 

gift—their mother’s milk. When breast-feeding 

is not available, the question is how to 

“humanize” infant formulas that are based on 

cow’s milk, so that they more closely resemble 

human milk in terms of distribution and 

concentration of proteins, amino acids, 

nucleotides, saturated and unsaturated fats, 

electrolytes, trace elements, and vitamins. 

Genetic factors play an instrumental role in the 

human life-span and well-being. Environmental 

influences, including nutrition and lifestyle, might 

also play a key role. The main concern is to 

determine the aspects of nutrition that affect the 

longevity and the well-being of children. While 

inadequate nutrition in utero is detrimental to 

longevity, emerging data suggest that caloric 

restriction during postnatal life augments life 

expectancy. The main issues that need to be 

addressed include the mechanistic and 

metabolic aspects of nutrition that cause such 

opposing consequences. Issues related to 

overfeeding the infant or providing different 

ratios of nutrients in specially designed formulas 

have to be critically examined. 

Overfeeding of children and adolescents may 

program their own lipid and other metabolic 

systems for life. 

A mother’s nutrition during her own childhood 

can influence her pregnancy and breast feeding and 

her child’s risk, as an adult, of developing cardiovascular 

disease, diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, and possibly a 

wider range of diseases. Overall, there is a great need to examine 

the nutritional practices in early life and their impact on child 

growth and on disease later in life.” 

Prof. Emanuel Lebenthal, M.D., Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, 

President of Danone Institute of Israel. 

LOCAL RESEARCH SUPPORT 

Danone Institutes are currently funding several national research 

programs under various topics and disciplines in the field of nutrition 

and child development, such as genetic and metabolic consequences of 

childhood obesity, psychology and education in food behaviors, and 

nutrients or metabolism linked to physical activities. Further information 

and a database of all laureates’ research projects is available on our 

international website: www.danoneinstitute.org. 

A EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROGRAM 

➜ EU childhood obesity: early programming by infant nutrition 

This research program was created 

after consensus between scientists 

of the European Danone Institutes 

on their interest in testing the 

existence of a relationship between 

the level of early protein intake and 

the later risk of obesity. Five infants’ 

clusters, amounting to 1250 

children, are followed in five 

European countries (Belgium, 

Germany, Spain, Italy, and Poland). 

Half of them are fed a low-protein formula (recommendations’ bottom 

limit); the others are fed a high-protein formula (recommendations’ top 

limit) with isocaloric content. At the same time, a cluster of breastfed 

infants is taken as control. Several parameters are considered, such as 

height, weight, and biological factors. At the end of the program important 

conclusions will be drawn on the relation between protein intake, growth 

and obesity risk. 

The program is carried out with financial support of up to 80% from the 

European community (QLK1-2001-00389 program). Danone Institute 

International is responsible for diffusing the results of this study. 

For more information: www.childhood-obesity.org.

INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL 

PROGRAMS FOR HEALTH 

AND EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS 

➜ Symposium on nutritional solutions to major 

public health problems of preschool children 

Danone Institute 

International has published 

the proceedings of an 

international pre-congress 

symposium that was held at 

the 18th International 

Congress of Nutrition 

(September 2005). Edited by 

Dr Olivier Goulet, Dr 

Emanuel Lebenthal, Dr 

David Branski and Dr Peter 

J.H. Jones, this supplement to the Journal of Pediatric, 

Gastroenterology and Nutrition includes the plenary 

lectures by experts which took place during the 

symposium. This publication reviews available data 

on major nutritional problems (causes and 

consequences) of preschool children, to identify further 

research needs and effective solutions related to 

these problems. This supplement and the online 

conferences are available at the Danone Institute 

International website. 

EDUCATION PROGRAMS 

FOR EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS 

AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC 

In order to heighten nutritional awareness among 

education professionals in contact with children, 

Danone Institutes have implemented several 

programs designed for day nurseries and other 

preschool settings, targeting teachers as well as 

children and parents. 

➜ Growing leaps and bounds 

The Dannon Institute 

USA is developing 

a new program to 

reach new parents 

through materials 

delivered by their paediatricians. 

Growing Leaps and Bounds is a series of 12 brochures 

created by the Dannon Institute (USA) to serve as a 

tool for paediatricians to provide to the parents of their 

patients in order to promote a healthy lifestyle as early as possible in life. 

“The incidence of obesity in children is growing at an astonishing rate,” 

notes Christopher Duggan, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Clinical Nutrition Service, 

Children’s Hospital, Boston and a member of the Dannon Institute’s Scientific 

Council. “Paediatricians have a unique opportunity to make a difference 

by sharing messages about children’s nutrition and physical activity with 

parents and caregivers.” 

Designed to be distributed by paediatricians at well-child examinations 

from birth to age five, the Growing Leaps and Bounds series of twelve 

brochures links healthy eating, exercise and childhood development 

together and supports anticipatory guidance to help parents and 

caregivers make the best choices for their children as they grow and 

develop. 

“With nutrition consulting not always a reimbursable expense for physicians, 

it is essential to come up with innovative ways to help doctors to share 

nutrition information, through programs like Growing Leaps and Bounds, 

or by helping doctors refer patients to registered dieticians,” 

Douglas C. Heimburger, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.P., Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences and 

Vice President of the Dannon Institute’s Board of Directors. 

Growing Leaps and Bounds was developed by experts in the areas of 

nutrition, child psychology, exercise physiology and obesity. Practicing 

paediatricians and parents have also reviewed the materials and their 

suggestions for the content and format have been incorporated. The 

program will be unveiled at the conclusion of a three-year efficacy study. 

➜ The Matty Chiva Prize 2008 - 2009: “Livrenous 

ta recette, nous en ferons un livre” (“Give 

us your recipe, we’ll make a book out of it) 

Launched in 2004 by Danone Institute France, 

the objective of the Matty Chiva prize is to share 

and diffuse initiatives to awaken children’s taste. 

Every two years, this prize rewards actions aimed 

to instil taste development in children. After the 

success of the 2007 Matty Chiva Prize, with the 

diffusion of a book-CD: “Les apprentis du goût” 

“Apprentices of taste”, which was realized in collaboration with a famous 

children’s songwriter and singer, Henri Des, Danone Institute France has 

launched a new edition of the prize in 2008. The objective is to realize a 

multidisciplinary project around taste for primary-school age children. 

A book of recipes based on fruits and vegetables, written and illustrated 

by children and aimed at children, will be published. 

“It is essential to offer children variety in their diet, and to encourage them 

to try and enjoy new tastes and flavours. Taste is a pleasure which needs 

to be cultivated and developed and so ‘taste education’ is a key issue in 

developing healthy eating habits.” 

Natalie Rigal, Food Psychologist, University of Nanterre, Paris 

More information available at: www.institutdanone.org 

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“Increasingly, 

scientists are finding 

that diet can play a positive role 

in degenerative disease risk reduction. Foods 

that promote health by reducing the risk of 

degenerative disease, termed functional foods, 

are becoming nutritional scientists’ main focus 

as we enter the 21 st century. 

Key to the evolution of any functional food is the 

process of building a consensus concerning its 

efficacy and safety. Such a process requires the 

networking of leading nutritional scientists, both 

regionally and globally. Danone Institutes provide 

a unique opportunity for the creation of such a 

network. By bringing together nutritional scientists 

within individual countries and internationally, 

the Danone Institutes can play a highly positive 

role in the advancement of functional foods. 

Extensive interaction among nutritional scientists 

occurs through meetings of the respective Boards 

and Scientific Councils of the Danone Institutes 

within individual countries, as well as through 

local and international Institute-sponsored 

workshops, focus groups and working groups. In 

these ways, the Danone Institute network 

contributes, through advances in nutrition, to 

improving the health of the world’s populations.” 

Dr. Peter Jones, Director of the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods 

and Nutraceuticals (RCFFN), University of Manitoba, President of 

Danone Institute of Canada. 

PROGRAMS OF RESEARCH SUPPORT 

Danone Institutes encourage research on the theme 

of “foods for health”, by supporting programs dealing 

for instance with the prevention of allergies, genetics 

linked with functional foods, and the metabolism of 

osteoporosis. In 2006, Danone Institute Japan 

sponsored a program on “Foods and Immunology 

(including allergy) and / or Ageing” while in 2007, 

Danone Institute Israël grantes searchers in human 

nutrition focusing on the molecular pathways that 

food components enhance antibacterials in the human. 

All research programs on these topics are available on the 


PROGRAMS OF INFORMATION FOR HEALTH 

PROFESSIONALS 

➜Tendancias en alimentacion functional” (tendencies in functional foods) 

One is a book offered as much to experts in 

nutrition as to health professionals, containing the 

most recent excellent findings in the field of 

Functional Foods. The content of this monograph 

does not aim at being an exhaustive examination, 

but only a selection of Functional Foods, and for 

that reason, a greater dedication to the Prebióticos 

(probiotics) and Probióticos (probiotics) appears. 

This book tries to call attention to a field open to 

the most modern theories of knowledge and 

investigation in nutrition, as well as exploring the practical applications 

of functional foods to improve health of individuals and groups. 

➜ Publication in the journal of nutrition of the report of the working 

group on foods with health benefits. 

Danone Institute International and Danone Institute Canada recently 

published as a Journal of Nutrition supplement, the proceedings of the 

symposium: “Evidence for Health Claims on Food: How Much is Enough?” 

that was presented as part of the Canadian Nutrition Congress (held in 

Winnipeg, Canada, June 18 – 21, 2007). These proceedings, written by 

international leading experts under the coordination of Dr Peter Jones 

and Dr Primal Silva, provide a global perspective on the current state of 

knowledge concerning the fast-emerging topic of health claims on food, 

and should allow a better understanding of health benefits of foods. It 

is available upon request. 

➜ Symposium on Pre & Probiotics 

As usual, the Belgian Danone Institute organized its yearly symposium. 

In 2007, the main theme was “Prebiotics and Probiotics”. Being a subject 

that is regularly on the news concerning its impact on health, it attracted 

no fewer than 700 people, including doctors, nutrition professionals, 

teachers and students in the field of nutrition. The lecturers, who were 

experts in their area, came from different universities and high schools. 

After giving a precise definition of what prebiotics and probiotics are, 

they highlighted several topics such as new research on their use, their 

effect on IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) and their benefits to children. 

They finished their talks with some practical information. All of the 

presentations were given in a clear and scientific manner, allowing the 

audience to perceive a very encouraging future of the impact of prebiotics 

and probiotics on human health.

PROGRAMS OF INFORMATION FOR 

THE GENERAL PUBLIC 

➜ Regular Bulletins 

The Danone Institute of Russia has published regular 

bulletins since 2002. They aim to inform the general public 

about the impact of food on health through various 

topics such as “The role of probiotics in nutrition”, “Obesity 

Feeding Behaviors 

“The overall health situation is influenced by 

many factors; some of them are known, 

predictable, and more or less subject to 

influence, some of them definitely are not. 

Undoubtedly, nutrition is one of the most 

important predictors of population health and 

life quality, therefore circumstances connected 

with nutrition are extremely important. 

Feeding behavior seems to be one of the parts 

of the “black box”, where such factors like 

inborn and learned preferences, cognitive 

behaviors and natural reflexes meet to create 

a conglomeration of challenges for current 

and future research. Danone Institutes are 

among the prestigious institutions helping to 

shed light on an area where even experienced 

researchers mostly blunder, guided only by 

their intuition. Support for research on feeding 

behaviors reflects a good orientation and a 

visionary competence, both desirable 

attributes that reflect well on the institute.” 

Prof. Zuzanna Brazdova, Masaryk University, President of Danone 

Institute of Czech Republic. 


Danone Institutes support national research programs 

dealing with feeding behaviors in humans, such as 

metabolism linked with weight gain, analysis of 

sensory data in bulimia, psycho-sociology among the 

elderly, genetics in hunger and satiety, psychology of 

overeating, and recommendations for dietary 

guidelines. Further information is available on our 


➜ Grant-in-aid 

Created by Danone Institute of Canada, this program 

aims at encouraging research focused on or leading 

to improved nutrition behavior during pregnancy, 

childhood and adolescence. Projects involving 

and fat-free products”, and “The role of calcium in children’s growth”. 

“One of the most important components of the “foods for health” concept 

is the general public’s level knowledge on scientific principles of rational 

nutrition and on the quality and safety of different food products. The Danone 

Institute of Russia has created a system for preparing and disseminating 

such information. This is a very important step toward the improvement 

of nutrition in the culture.” 

Prof. Valentin Pokrovskiy, Russian Academy of Medical Science, President of Danone 

Institute of Russia. 

evaluation of nutrition education strategies and communication practices 

are also considered for support. 

PROGRAMS OF INFORMATION FOR HEALTH 

PROFESSIONALS 

➜ Obesity as a poverty-related emerging nutrition problem 

The one-day international seminar was 

co-organized in December 2007 by the 

School of Health Nutrition, Universitas 

Gadjah Mada and Yayasan Danone 

Institute Indonesia. The seminar was 

attended by 340 participants, from 15 

provinces. The seminar was divided into 

three sessions: “Global issues and policies 

on obesity”, “Public Health approach for the prevention of obesity”, and 

“Clinical approach to overcoming obesity”. Nine speakers were invited. 

Thirteen poster presenters participated in the competition for three best poster 

awards. Inauguration of the research grant award 2007 also took place. 

PROGRAMS OF INFORMATION FOR THE GENERAL 

PUBLIC 

➜ Overcoming the prevalence of obesity in china 

The Danone Institute in China cooperated with the Chinese Nutrition 

Society to deal with nutrition knowledge in popular newspapers. Twentyfour 

(24) articles were given by 17 well-know top nutritionists in China, 

including the Vice-Minister of the Health Ministry, P.R. of CHINA. All 

articles were related to the development of obesity, health hazards, 

prevention, and cures including lifestyle change. 

➜ “Una alimentacion saludable” (healthy eating) 

The objective of this material is to offer a teacher educational material 

to develop in the classroom. The basic content on Feeding and Nutrition 

make it possible to support and to justify a certain direction in the 

planning of school menus, being of use at the 

same time to encourage positive attitudes 

towards the consumption of essential foods in 

the development of boys. Also seeks to reach 

those who are responsible for the feeding of 

children via school lunch programs or catering 

companies. They have distributed 14 000 units 

throughout Spain in collaboration with the 

different Independent Governments. 

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“Constantly at the 

forefront of promising 

topics in nutrition, the Danone Institutes 

are committed to promote novel concepts in 

nutrition. The definition of a novel concept in 

nutrition is based on a new idea, a new paradigm 

or a new hypothesis that has been proven and 

established by rigorous studies. Novel concepts 

in nutrition can be either in basic or applied 

research. The importance of the novel concepts 

in nutrition is judged by its impact on human 

health, prevention of diseases, and new 

possibilities in nutritional support.” 

Prof. Emanuel Lebenthal, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical 

Center, Jerusalem, President of Danone Institute of Israel, Member 

of the Board of Danone Institute International. 


➜ The danone international prize for nutrition 

Awarded every two years to a 

researcher or research team 

that has developed a novel 

concept and advanced the 

frontiers of human nutrition, 

the Danone International Prize for Nutrition is today 

recognised as one of the most distinguished scientific 

prizes and as a key driver of innovative research in 

the field of health and nutrition. 

“Nutrition and health are inseparably combined both 

in industrialized and developing countries. Excellent 

nutrition research will best open opportunities to 

improve nutrition and health. To stimulate and support 

outstanding research activities a scientific prize is a very 

good tool. The Danone International Prize for Nutrition 

is renowned in the scientific community as well among 

the public, and will again be awarded by “Danone 

Institute International”, a not-for-profit organisation 

with the mission of developing and disseminating 

scientific knowledge about diet and nutrition for public 

health. This important prize will be given to a researcher 

or a research team for the development of a novel 

concept in nutrition research and advancement of frontiers 

in nutrition.” 

Professor Günther Wolfram, Chairman of the 2009 Prize Committee. 

President of Danone Institute Germany 

INFORMATION PROGRAMS FOR HEALTH 

PROFESSIONALS 

➜ Leptin: weight management and beyond – experimental biology 

2008 – asn presidential forum 

Danone Institute International highlighted Leptin: Weight Management 

and Beyond by supporting the Presidential Symposium of the annual 

meeting of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN), held in San Diego, 

California, USA, at Experimental Biology 2008, one of the most important 

scientific events of the year. Chaired by Jeffrey M. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., 

winner of the 2007 Danone International Prize for Nutrition, this 

symposium presented a selection of the most recent findings developed 

by leading researchers. The program was based on the role of leptin in 

the regulation of weight. Leptin, a hormone produced by the obese gene, 

was discovered by Dr. Friedman’s group in 1995. The hormone plays a 

key role in controlling appetite, energy expenditure and fat storage in 

humans. Leptin’s weight-reducing effects depend on the hormone’s 

interactions with receptor molecules on cells in the hypothalamus, a brain 

region known to regulate food intake and body weight. Other experts in 

this area participated on the panel for the symposium: Christos Mantzoros, 

M.D., D.Sc. (Leptin in Humans: Lessons from Translational Research); 

Sadaf Farooqi, Ph.D. (Genetic Basis of Human Obesity); and Joel Elmquist, 

D.V.M., Ph.D. (Unravelling the Neural Circuits Underlying the Effects of Leptin 

on Body Weight and Glucose Homeostasis). Proceedings of the symposium 

are expected to be published in The Journal of Nutrition. This symposium 

on Novel Concepts in Nutrition was the second of a series to be presented 

biennially on the occasion of a major scientific congress. 

➜ The biology of obesity: Laureate of DIPN 2007, Conference on line 

and CD rom 

Prof. Jeffrey Friedman was the first person to identify and explain the 

function of leptin, a hormone secreted by fat cells that balances food 

intake and energy expenditure. 

For his pioneering role in 

scientific research on obesity, 

nutrition and food intake, in 2007 

he was awarded the Danone 

International Prize for Nutrition. 

His prestigious conference is 

available online, and a CD-ROM 

is available upon request.

Index 

Name & Adress Research Support Publications Professional General Public 

Education Programs Education Programs 

BELGIUM p 5 p 7 p 9 p 10, p 11, p 18 p 15 

CANADA p 5 p 7, p 19 p 11 p 13, p 15 

CHINA p 5, p 23 p 7 p 8, p 9 p 11 p 14, p 15, p 19 

CZECH 

REPUBLIC 

p 5, p 23 p 7 p 9 p 14, p 15 

FRANCE p 5, p 23 p 7 p 8, p 9 p 11 p 12, p 13, p 15, p 17 

GERMANY p 5, p 23 p 7 p 12, p 13, p 14, p 15 

INDONESIA p 5, p 23 p 6, p 7 p 11, p 19 

ISRAEL p 5 p 6, p 7 p 9 p 11 p 14 

ITALY p 5, p 23 p 8, p 9 p 11 p 12, p 13, p 15 

JAPAN p 5, p 23 p 6, p 7 p 8, p 9 p 11 p 14, p 15 

MEXICO p 5 p 8, p 9 p 11 p 13 

POLAND p 5 p 9 p 15 

RUSSIA p 5 p 15, p 18 

SOUTHERN 

CONE 

p 5 p 7 p 8 p 11 

SPAIN p 5, p 23 p 7 p 8, p 9 p 10, p 11, p 18 p 12, p 13, p 19 

TURKEY p 5, p 23 p 6, p 7 p 11 

UNITED 

STATES 

p 5, p 23 p 8 p 10, p 11, p 20 p 12, p 13, p 15, p 17 

INTERNATIONAL p 5 p 6, p 7, p 16, p 20 p 8, p 9, p 17 p 10, p 11, p 18, p 19, p 20 

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brings together a wealth of information for the 

worldwide nutrition community. The site offers 

scientists and health professionals value added 

information and services on diet and nutrition 

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The site gives access to: 

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The site gives details of education programs organised by the Danone 

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and nutrition. The site offers a unique online database of selected bibliographic 

references; a specific section devoted to nutritional guidelines; a list of all 

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studies worldwide; an overview of major scientific conferences on diet and 

nutrition managed by organizations worldwide. 

AN E-NEWSLETTER 

Users can subscribe to a bi-monthly newsletter which will keep them up-todate 

on all Danone Institutes’ activities as well as up-coming international 

conferences and workshops. 

ON LINE CONFERENCES ON OUR WEBSITE 

The highly valuable content of the different symposia organized by 

Danone Institute International are available online at the website: 

www.danoneinstitute.org. They consist of audio recordings with a 

synchronized projection of the slides of the speakers. 

➜ Nutrition Solutions to Major Health Problems of Preschool Children 

(Durban, South Africa, 2005) 

➜ Acquisition of food-related behaviours in children: Critical Windows 

for Later Heath (10th ENC, 2006, Paris, France) 

➜ Risks and Benefits of Rapid Early Growth (Europaediatrics, 2006) 

➜ The Biology of Obesity (Winner of 

Danone Prize for Nutrition 2007) 

➜ Leptin : Weight management and 

beyond (EB 2008, San Diego, 

California) 

➜ Fat, Gut, Iron and Brain: Where are 

we? (3rd WCPGHAN 2008, Iguassu, 

Brazil) 

This international website is a unique peer reviewed resource providing 

content produced, collected, and selected thanks to the network of the 18 

Danone Institutes and their 220 independent members.

Each Danone Institute has its own website on 

which content is available in the local language. 

Examples of the type of information available on 

our local websites can be seen below. 

DANONE INSTITUTE CHINA 

www.danone-institute.org.cn 

The website of Danone Institute China provides enewsletters 

in Text and PDF format on special topics, 

and, which is useful, new updated information for the 

University lecturers to create their PowerPoint 

presentations. All proceedings, research grant 

applications and tables of Danone Institute China can 

be downloaded from this site. Meanwhile, the Chinese 

Food Composition Table databank can be searched 

by food category or/and nutrient range. 

DANONE INSTITUTE CZECH REPUBLIC 

www.institut-danone.cz 

Czech Danone Institute websites contain several sections: 

For scientists and researches: including information 

about grant awards, foreign stipends and Young 

Scientist prize, with necessary instructions and 

deadlines for application. The list and results of all 

grants awarded over the last few years can also be 

found here. For the Public: including the description 

of programmes for public, e.g. Nutrition through 

playing and link to its own websites Press centre – all 

published press releases and items form press 

conferences of CZ Danone Institute 

DANONE INSTITUTE FRANCE 

www.institutdanone.org 

The website of Danone Institute France allows users 

to download a wide variety of valuable information, 

including a range of educational materials for teachers 

and pupils. Similarly, researchers and health 

professionals can access both current and past issues 

of the Objectif nutrition journal, as well as reports of 

the scientific meetings in nutrition organised by the 

Institute. This website also includes a list of useful links 

to relevant nutritional organizations, societies, 

research associations and health promotion 

organizations in France. 

DANONE INSTITUTE GERMANY 

www.institut-danone.de 

The website of Danone Institute Germany provides 

detailed information on sponsorships, the award for 

young researchers and reports on funded scientific 

projects, publications of the successful scientific 

journalist workshops, press releases of organized 

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schools and kindergartens. All materials can be ordered 

or downloaded directly from the website. Additionally, 

the German website offers links to all relevant nutritionrelated 

societies, organizations, research associations 

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and federations in Germany, and informs users about interesting upcoming 

scientific congresses on nutrition. 

DANONE INSTITUTE INDONESIA 

www.danonenutrindo.org 

We orient the website to provide information to a wide audience about 

our presence and program. The site offers detailed information on grant 

submissions, provides downloadable forms and Frequently Asked Questions. 

Information on our first-year activities are presented, namely: road show, 

grant selection, and an international seminar on obesity. The website 

started functioning in November 2007. As an essential information system, 

we plan to update it three to four times yearly. Weekly monitoring is carried 

out to reply to any responses from visitors. Visitors can browse for possible 

international journals for submission of their manuscripts and visit relevant 

linked websites of nutrition-related institutions in Indonesia or abroad. 

DANONE INSTITUTE ITALY 

www.istitutodanone.it 

On the website of Danone Institute Italy it is possible to download free of 

charge most of its publications for professionals and for the general public 

such as “Items News”, “Items Books” series etc., which deal with important 

topics like food safety, eating disorders and obesity prevention. On the website 

it is also possible to link directly to the Online course on Paediatric Nutrition. 

DANONE INSTITUTE JAPAN 

www.danone-institute.gr.jp 

On the site of Danone Institute Japan it is possible to access the names 

of DIJ Research Grant winners followed by the research title and the 

summary of the lectures presented by the key speakers at the annual 

Danone Nutrition Forum. 

DANONE INSTITUTE SPAIN 

www.institutodanone.es 

On the site of Danone Institute Spain the 

annual call for scholarships and prizes is 

published, and it is possible to freely download 

publications of interest to professionals and other individuals such as 

"ANS" magazine (with all its complete articles), etc. There is also information 

on successive occurrences of the Grande Covián School of Nutrition, which 

takes place annually in collaboration with Menéndez Pelayo University. 

DANONE INSTITUTE TURKEY 

www.danoneenstitusu.org.tr 

On the website of Danone Institute Turkey, which has more than 2 400 

regular members, it is possible to get via regular mail information about 

current nutritional knowledge and current articles on important health 

topics written by DIT scientific members. You can also find slides of DIT 

symposia held as part of scientific congresses under the “professional 

education” heading 

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www.dannon-institute.org 

On the US site, parents and educators can find 

a wide range of fun educational material about 

food and nutrition which was developed as 

part of the "Celebrate Healthy Eating" program, while researchers, scientists 

and health professionals can access an online database of articles and 

case studies collected through the "Community Nutritionary" program. 

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