Melissa M Crane

Biographic Data

ID180983
NAMEMelissa M Crane
GIVEN NAMESMelissa M
FAMILY NAMECrane
SIGNATURECRANE M M
AFFILIATIONSRush University Medical Center
ORCID0000-0002-1458-2692
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Leveraging recreational activities to reduce obesity-related behaviors in children from lower-income households

    Open AccessBradley M Appelhans, Maria E Bleil et al.ARTICLEAppetite2025References: 51

  • You Just Have to Keep It Movin

    Open AccessBrittney S Lange-Maia, Amy Y Kim et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2024References: 34

  • Weight Loss Program Preferences of Men Working in Blue-Collar Occupations

    Open AccessMelissa M Crane, Katerina Newman et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Men s Health2022

    Men who work in blue-collar occupations (skilled and unskilled trades) experience high rates of obesity and comorbid conditions. This group is underrepresented in behavioral interventions for weight management, which may stem from a mismatch between the features of available programs and these men’s preferences. This qualitative study explored the views of these men, their experiences with weight loss, their preferences for weight loss programs, …

  • Behavioural interventions for CVD risk reduction for blue-collar workers

    Melissa M Crane, Shannon Halloway et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2021

  • The Impact of Incentives on Weight Control in Men

    Open AccessTiffany Rounds, Melissa M Crane et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Men s Health2020

    Overweight and obese men were recruited to a 6-month, randomized controlled weight loss trial, which compared the Gutbusters weight loss program alone to the Gutbusters program with incentives for successful weight loss. The intervention was delivered primarily online, with weekly in-person weight collections. Gutbusters was designed using a template from the REFIT intervention and encouraged participants ( N = 102, 47.0 ± 12.3 years, 32.5 kg/m 2…

  • Constrained choices

    Open AccessMegan R Winkler, Susan Telke et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2020

    According to these data, time to engage in physical activity and time in bed was constrained by particular everyday contexts (work and parent status) and the extent to which these contexts mattered also depended on gender. If replicated in other studies, results suggest equitable strategies are necessary to assist all parents and workers in engaging in these time-dependent health behaviors for long-term health

  • Trauma exposure, PTSD symptoms, and tobacco use

    Open AccessAmanda R Mathew, Eric Yang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Psychology2020References: 52

    Traumatic stress and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are overrepresented in urban African American communities, and associated with health risk behaviors such as tobacco use. Support and resources provided by churches may reduce trauma-related health risks. In the current study, we assessed weekly church attendance as a moderator of relations between (a) traumatic event exposure and probable PTSD, and (b) probable PTSD and tobacco use. Data …

  • Nutrition quality of food purchases varies by household income

    Open AccessSimone A French, Christy C Tangney et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02073643

  • Improving Weight Loss Outcomes of Community Interventions by Incorporating Behavioral Strategies

    Rena R Wing, Melissa M Crane et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2010Cited by: 2References: 17

    Objectives. We examined whether adding behavioral weight loss strategies could improve the outcomes of a community weight loss campaign. Methods. Shape Up RI is a 12-week, online, team-based program for health improvement in Rhode Island. In study 1, we randomly assigned participants to the standard Shape Up RI program or to the program plus video lessons on weight loss. In study 2, we randomly assigned participants to the standard program or to …

  • Historical Statistics for Mineral Commodities in the United States

    Thomas Kelly, David Buckingham et al.REPORTOpen-File Report2001