Melanie D Hingle

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Melanie D Hingle

Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Associate Professor, Public Health
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Primary Department
Nutritional Sciences
Department Affiliations
Nutritional Sciences
BIO5 Institute
Contact
(520) 621-3087
hinglem@arizona.edu

Work Summary

Melanie Hingle's work focuses on understanding determinants of energy balance behaviors (i.e. how and why behaviors are initiated and sustained), and identifying contributors to the success of interventions (i.e. when, where, and how interventions should be delivered) are critical steps toward developing programs that effectively change behavior, thereby mitigating unhealthy weight gain and promoting optimal health. Current projects include: Determinants of metabolic risk, and amelioration of risk, in pediatric cancer survivors, Guided imagery intervention delivered via a mobile software application to increase healthy eating and physical activity in weight-concerned women smokers, and Family-focused diabetes prevention program delivered in partnership with the YMCA.

Research Interest

Identify and understand determinants of behavioral, weight-related, and metabolic outcomes in children, adolescents, and families, including how and why so-called “obesogenic behaviors” (unhealthy dietary habits, sedentary behaviors) are initiated and sustained. Develop and test novel approaches to motivate healthy lifestyle changes in children, adolescents, and families, including development, testing, and assessment of face-to-face and mobile device-based interventions.

Publications

Thomson, C. A., Thomson, C. A., Crane, T. E., Crane, T. E., Garcia, D. O., Garcia, D. O., Wertheim, B., Wertheim, B., Hingle, M. D., Hingle, M. D., Snetsellar, L., Snetsellar, L., Datta, M., Datta, M., Rohan, T., Rohan, T., LeBlanc, E., LeBlanc, E., Chlebowski, R., , Chlebowski, R., et al. (2016). Association between dietary energy density and obesity-associated cancer: Results from the Women's Health Initiative. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Abbate, K. J., Hingle, M. D., Armin, J., Giacobbi, P., & Gordon, J. S. (2017). Recruiting Women to a Mobile Health Smoking Cessation Trial: Low- and No-Cost Strategies. JMIR research protocols, 6(11), e219.

Successful recruitment of participants to mobile health (mHealth) studies presents unique challenges over in-person studies. It is important to identify recruitment strategies that maximize the limited recruitment resources available to researchers.

Howard, B. V., Aragaki, A. K., Tinker, L. F., Allison, M., Hingle, M. D., Johnson, K. C., Manson, J. E., Shadyab, A. H., Shikany, J. M., Snetselaar, L. G., Thomson, C. A., Zaslavsky, O., & Prentice, R. L. (2017). A Low-Fat Dietary Pattern and Diabetes: A Secondary Analysis From the Women's Health Initiative Dietary Modification Trial. Diabetes care.

We performed a secondary analysis to evaluate the effect of the Women's Health Initiative dietary intervention on incident diabetes and diabetes treatment in postmenopausal women.

Hingle, M. D., Patrick, H., Sacher, P., & Sweet, C. C. (2017). The intersection of behavioral science and digital health: the case for academic-industry partnerships. Health Education and Behavior.
Hingle, M. D., Mueller, A. M., Maher, C. A., Vandelanotte, C., Middelweerd, A., Lopez, M., DeSmet, A., Camille, S., Nathan, N., Hutchesson, M., Poppe, L., Woods, C., Williams, S. L., & Wark, P. A. (2017). A bibliometric analysis of physical activity, sedentary behavior and diet related e/mHealth research. Journal of Medical Internet Research.

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