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Overview

Cécile Knai is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom, contributing extensively to the fields of health professions and public health. Their research primarily focuses on global public health policies, epidemiology, obesity, physical activity, diet, and health policy implementation science. Additional areas covered include community health and development, agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, obesity and health practices, and food waste reduction and sustainability.

Their scholarly output spans multiple subfields such as general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, organizational behavior and human resource management, sociology and political science, and education.

Cécile Knai has published in a range of journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Obesity Reviews
  • Health Promotion International
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • PLoS ONE
  • SSM Annual Scientific Meeting

Recent publications include:

  • "Identifying the views of adolescents in five European countries on the drivers of obesity using group model building" (2020) in European Journal of Public Health
  • "When the Fun Stops, Stop": An analysis of the provenance, framing and evidence of a 'responsible gambling' campaign (2021) in PLoS ONE
  • The case for developing a cohesive systems approach to research across unhealthy commodity industries (2021) in BMJ Global Health
  • Manufacturing doubt: Assessing the effects of independent vs industry-sponsored messaging about the harms of fossil fuels, smoking, alcohol, and sugar sweetened beverages (2021) in SSM - Population Health
  • Associations between social media, adolescent mental health, and diet: A systematic review (2023) in Obesity Reviews

Coauthorship collaborations highlight frequent research partnerships with:

  • Harry Rutter
  • Mark Petticrew
  • Natalie Savona
  • Nason Maani
  • Matt Egan

Best Publications

  • Ageing in the European Union

    Bernd Rechel;Bernd Rechel;Emily Grundy;Jean-Marie Robine;Jonathan Cylus

  • Getting children to eat more fruit and vegetables: a systematic review

    Cécile Knai;Joceline Pomerleau;Karen Lock;Martin McKee

  • Interventions Designed to Increase Adult Fruit and Vegetable Intake Can Be Effective: A Systematic Review of the Literature

    Joceline Pomerleau;Karen Lock;Cécile Knai;Martin McKee

  • Food and health in Europe : a new basis for action

    Aileen Robertson;Cristina Tirado;Tim Lobstein;Marco Jermini

  • Iron Fortification and Iron Supplementation are Cost-Effective Interventions to Reduce Iron Deficiency in Four Subregions of the World

    Rob Baltussen;Cécile Knai;Mona Sharan

  • Investigating the association between urban agriculture and food security, dietary diversity, and nutritional status: A systematic literature review

    Emily Warren;Sophie Hawkesworth;Cécile Knai

  • Obesity in Eastern Europe: An overview of its health and economic implications

    Cécile Knai;Marc Suhrcke;Tim Lobstein

  • Managing chronic conditions : experience in eight countries

    Ellen Nolte;Cécile Knai;Martin McKee

  • Implications of a complexity perspective for systematic reviews and guideline development in health decision making

    Mark Petticrew;Cécile Knai;James Thomas;Eva Annette Rehfuess

  • Systems Thinking as a Framework for Analyzing Commercial Determinants of Health

    Cécile Knai;Mark Petticrew;Nicholas Mays;Simon Capewell

  • Is Europe putting theory into practice? A qualitative study of the level of self-management support in chronic care management approaches

    Arianne Elissen;Ellen Nolte;Cécile Knai;Matthias Brunn

  • Overcoming fragmentation in health care: chronic care in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands

    Ellen Nolte;Cécile Knai;Maria Hofmarcher;Annalijn Conklin

  • How alcohol industry organisations mislead the public about alcohol and cancer.

    Mark Petticrew;Nason Maani Hessari;Cécile Knai;Elisabete Weiderpass

  • Socioeconomic patterning of childhood overweight status in Europe.

    Cécile Knai;Tim Lobstein;Nicole Darmon;Harry Rutter

  • Has a public–private partnership resulted in action on healthier diets in England? An analysis of the Public Health Responsibility Deal food pledges

    Cecile Knai;Mark Petticrew;Mary Alison Durand;Elizabeth Eastmure

  • 'Nothing can be done until everything is done': the use of complexity arguments by food, beverage, alcohol and gambling industries.

    Mark Petticrew;Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi;Cécile Knai;Rebecca Cassidy

  • The burden of disease attributable to nutrition in Europe.

    Joceline Pomerleau;Martin McKee;Tim Lobstein;Cécile Knai

  • Voluntary agreements between government and business—A scoping review of the literature with specific reference to the Public Health Responsibility Deal

    Anna Bryden;Mark Petticrew;Nicholas Mays;Elizabeth Eastmure

  • Are the Public Health Responsibility Deal alcohol pledges likely to improve public health? An evidence synthesis.

    Cécile Knai;Mark Petticrew;Mary Alison Durand;Elizabeth Eastmure

  • Assessing the effectiveness of strategies to implement clinical guidelines for the management of chronic diseases at primary care level in EU Member States: A systematic review

    Serena Brusamento;Helena Legido-Quigley;Dimitra Panteli;Eva Turk

  • Managing chronic conditions: An introduction to the experience in eight countries.

    E Nolte;C Knai;M McKee

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin McKee
Martin McKee London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Mark Petticrew
Mark Petticrew London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Ellen Nolte
Ellen Nolte London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Nicholas Mays
Nicholas Mays London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Reinhard Busse
Reinhard Busse Technical University of Berlin
Hubertus J. M. Vrijhoef
Hubertus J. M. Vrijhoef Maastricht University
Harry Rutter
Harry Rutter University of Bath
Karen Lock
Karen Lock London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Marc Suhrcke
Marc Suhrcke University of York
Helena Legido-Quigley
Helena Legido-Quigley National University of Singapore

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