Meet the editor

Hülya Çakmur graduated from medical school at Atatürk University in Turkey. She completed her residency training in family medicine at Trakya University. She has 20 years of practice experience as a specialist in family medicine, including 8 years of experience in public health as a PhD-prepared professional. She completed her PhD in Public Health at Dokuz Eylül University. She studied sleep medicine at UPMC in the United States, attend-

ed narrative medicine education at STU in Canada, and studied voluntarily in geriatrics. She has published several studies in the field of elderly health and is an active member of the Turkish Medical Association and European Academy of Teachers in General Practice/Family Medicine. She has seven years of teaching experience as an associate professor at the University of Kafkas and is the director of the Department of Family Medicine. She has published more than 25 papers in reputed journals.

Contents

*by Hülya Çakmur*

Adipose Tissue in Health and Disease

*by Nicole Bonan and Katie DeCicco-Skinner*

Reproductive Consequences of Obesity *by Tamara Hunter and Roger Hart*

Treatment Options in Morbid Obesity

*by Tülay Diken Allahverdi*

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 9**

**Chapter 3 37**

**Chapter 4 55**

**Chapter 5 75**

Introductory Chapter: Unbearable Burden of the Diseases - Obesity

*by Fernanda-Isadora Corona-Meraz, Jesus-Aureliano Robles-De Anda, Perla-Monserrat Madrigal-Ruiz, Gustavo-Ignacio Díaz-Rubio, Jorge Castro-Albarrán and Rosa-Elena Navarro-Hernández*

Obesity as a Promoter of Cancer Development and Progression
