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

Hingle, M. D., Turner, T., Ussery, C., Going, S. B., Saboda, K., Roe, D. J., Kutob, R., & Stump, C. (2017). Feasibility and efficacy of a family-focused YCMA-led type 2 diabetes prevention program for youth. Pediatric Diabetes.
Shrira, A., Zaslavsky, O., LaCroix, A. Z., Seguin, R., Post, S., Tindle, H., Hingle, M., Woods, N., Cochrane, B., Garcia, L., Schnall, E., Rillamas-Sun, E., & Palgi, Y. (2014). Global quality of life modifies terminal change in physical functioning among older adult women. Age and ageing.

the factors that moderate decline in physical functioning as death approaches are understudied. This study aimed to assess death-related decline in global quality of life (QoL) and physical functioning and to test whether baseline QoL moderates terminal decline in physical functioning.

Short, C. E., DeSmet, A., Woods, C., Williams, S. L., Maher, C., Middelweerd, A., Mueller, A. M., Wark, P., Vandelanotte, C., Poppe, L., Hingle, M., Hingle, M. D., & Crutzen, R. (2017). Measuring engagement in e- & mHealth behavior change interventions: a methodological overview. Journal of Medical Internet Research.
Lohman, T. G., Hingle, M., & Going, S. B. (2013). Body composition in children. Pediatric Exercise Science, 25(4), 573-590.
Armin, J. S., Johnson, T., Hingle, M. D., Giacobbi, Jr., P., & Gordon, J. S. (2016). Development of a multi-behavioral mHealth app for women smokers. Journal of Health Communication.

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