**Meet the editor**

I was born in 1960 in Istanbul. In 1985, I graduated from Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty. In 1995, I became a specialist of Public Health with my thesis titled "Relations of Activities of Daily Living and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living with Health Problems of the Elderly Teachers Living in Istanbul". I was an associate professor of Public Health in 2005. In 2007, I was an

associate professor in the Environmental Health Department. I became professor in 2011. Since 2013, I have been the Director of the Department of Environmental Health and since 2016 I have been director of the Department of Public Health of Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical Faculty. I have a degree in French and English language.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Ayşe Emel Önal

**Section 1 Introductory Chapter - Life, Health and Body Mass Index 1**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Life, Health and Body Mass Index 3**

Chapter 2 **Body Mass Index (BMI) and Anthropometric Measurement of**

Chapter 3 **Body Mass Index and Insulin Sensitivity/Resistance: Cross Talks**

**in Gestational Diabetes, Normal Pregnancy and Beyond 19** Mariana Petrova Genova, Bisera Dimitrova Atanasova and Katya

Niranjan Bhattacharya and Priyodarshi Sengupta

**Section 2 Intrauterine Period and Body Mass Index 9**

**the Developing Fetus 11**

Nikolova Todorova-Ananieva

Li Liu, Hui Zou and Ya-Huan Li

Chapter 5 **Body Mass Index and Colorectal Cancer 77**

**Section 3 Adult Body Mass Index and Related Factors 55**

Chapter 4 **Relationship between Human Body Anthropometric Measurements and Basal Metabolic Rate 57**

Nuri Faruk Aykan, Mehmet Artac and Tahsin Özatli
