Cécile Knai

TL;DR: One of the greatest challenges facing health systems in the 21st century is the need to address the growing burden of chronic diseases, which are complex and require a long-term, multifaceted response.

TL;DR: Policy-makers in the new and candidate EU countries as well as other countries of the European Region can learn from the negative Western European and global experience, act now to stem the obesity epidemic from further developing and in so doing, reduce the substantial economic losses associated with obesity.

TL;DR: Whether and how self-management support is integrated into chronic care approaches in 13 European countries is explored, and the level of and barriers to implementation of support strategies in health care practice are investigated.

TL;DR: The evidence base for the association between urban agriculture and food security, dietary diversity, and nutritional status is clarified and its effectiveness at ameliorating some food security challenges faced by urban residents is clarified.

TL;DR: Unhealthy commodity industries actively design and shape the NCD policy system, intervene at different levels of the system to gain agency over policy and politics, and legitimize their presence in public health policy decisions.