ABOUT DANONE INSTITUTE

Mission

Our Mission is to promote public health by developing and disseminating knowledge on the links between nutrition, diet and health.

The goal of the Danone Institutes is to link scientists involved in nutrition research with health and education professionals. Through these efforts, we aim to bring relevant scientific knowledge about diet to the attention of the general public.

To accomplish our goals, we :

• Support research on the relationship between diet and health,

• Inform and educate health and education professionals on all subjects related to diet and nutrition.
• Develop and disseminate educational materials on nutrition for the general public.

To find out about our latest programs please download our International Newsletter

In concrete terms over the past 17 years we have :

Sponsored more than 900 research projects and distributed more than 18 millions Euro in research support
Organized 90 symposia and workshops
Published more than 90 books
Created 10 different local newsletters
Established 10 continuing education programs for health professionals and organized more than 170 scientific conferences and professional training programs
Set up more than 70 continuing education programs for the general public;

Danone Institutes are not-for-profit entities which link scientists involved in human nutrition with health and education professionals. They support nutrition research programs and provide diet and nutritional information including : information on eating behaviors, dietary guidelines, nutrition events and nutrition organizations. The Institutes focus particularly on, Nutrition and child development, early childhood nutrition and childhood obesity prevention.