Melanie D Hingle

Melanie D Hingle

Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Associate Professor, Public Health
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
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(520) 621-3087

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

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.
Thomson, C. A., Garcia, D. O., Wertheim, B. C., Hingle, M. D., Bea, J. W., Zaslavsky, O., Caire-Juvera, G., Rohan, T., Vitolins, M. Z., Thompson, P. A., & Lewis, C. E. (2016). Body shape, adiposity index, and mortality in postmenopausal women: Findings from the Women's Health Initiative. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 24(5), 1061-9.

Studies evaluating the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and mortality demonstrate a U-shaped association. To expand, this study evaluated the relationship between adiposity indices, a body shape index (ABSI) and body adiposity index (BAI), and mortality in 77,505 postmenopausal women.

Manini, T. M., Lamonte, M. J., Seguin, R. A., Manson, J. E., Hingle, M., Garcia, L., Stefanick, M. L., Rodriguez, B., Sims, S., Song, Y., & Limacher, M. (2014). Modifying effect of obesity on the association between sitting and incident diabetes in post-menopausal women. Obesity, 22(4), 1133-1141.

Abstract:

Objective To evaluate the association between self-reported daily sitting time and the incidence of type 2 diabetes in a cohort of postmenopausal women. Methods Women (N=88,829) without diagnosed diabetes reported the number of hours spent sitting over a typical day. Incident cases of diabetes were identified annually by self-reported initiation of using oral medications or insulin for diabetes > 14.4 years follow-up. Results Each hour of sitting time was positively associated with increased risk of diabetes [risk ratio (RR): 1.05; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.02-1.08]. However, sitting time was only positively associated with incident diabetes in obese women. Obese women reporting sitting 8-11 (RR: 1.08; 95% CI 1.0-1.1), 12-15 (OR: 1.13; 95% CI 1.0-1.2), and ≥16 hours (OR: 1.25; 95% CI 1.0-1.5) hours per day had an increased risk of diabetes compared to women sitting ≤7 hours per day. These associations were adjusted for demographics, health conditions, behaviors (smoking, diet, and alcohol intake), and family history of diabetes. Time performing moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity did not modify these associations. Conclusions Time spent sitting was independently associated with increased risk of diabetes diagnosis among obese women - a population already at high risk of the disease. Copyright © 2013 The Obesity Society.