Hahn, Samantha
Ph.D., MPH, RD
Assistant Professor
Biography
Dr. Hahn is an Assistant Professor whose research program utilizes a variety of epidemiological methods, including advanced statistical approaches, cross-sectional, longitudinal, experimental, and qualitative research, to study how practices recommended at the public health or clinical level affect risk of problematic eating and weight-related behaviors (e.g. disordered eating, dietary intake, physical activity), particularly among the vulnerable populations of adolescents and emerging adults. The long-term goal of Dr. Hahn’s research is to better inform public health recommendations and clinical practices to simultaneously prevent eating disorders and promote healthy weight-related behaviors among young people to prevent a broad range of negative health outcomes. Currently, Dr. Hahn’s research focuses on weight-related self-monitoring, weight perception, and weight stigma as risk factors.
More about Samantha Hahn
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Nutritional Sciences, Epidemiology & Intervention, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
Masters of Public Health, Nutrition & Dietetics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
Bachelor of Science, Human Biology & Nutritional Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America
Masters of Public Health, Nutrition & Dietetics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
Bachelor of Science, Human Biology & Nutritional Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States of America
Publications & Presentations
Hahn SL, Burnette CB, Hooper L, Wall M, Loth KA, Neumark-Sztainer D (2023). Do Weight Perception Transitions in Adolescence Predict Concurrent and Long-Term Disordered Eating Behaviors? The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine.
Burnette CB, Hazzard VM, Larson N, Hahn SA, Eisenberg ME, Neumark-Sztainer D (2023). Is intuitive eating a privileged approach? Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between food insecurity and intuitive eating. Public health nutrition.
Hahn SL, Burnette CB, Borton KA, Mitchell Carpenter L, Sonneville KR, Bailey B (2023). Eating disorder risk in rural US adolescents: What do we know and where do we go? The International journal of eating disorders.
Burnette CB, Hazzard VM, Hahn SL, Larson N, Neumark-Sztainer D (2022). Like parent, like child? Intuitive eating among emerging adults and their parents. Appetite.
Hahn SL, Hazzard VM, Loth KA, Larson N, Klein L, Neumark-Sztainer D (2022). Using apps to self-monitor diet and physical activity is linked to greater use of disordered eating behaviors among emerging adults. Preventive medicine.
Nagata JM, Hazzard VM, Ganson KT, Hahn SL, Neumark-Sztainer D, Eisenberg ME (2022). Digital technology use and muscle-building behaviors in young adults. The International journal of eating disorders.
Hahn SL, Hazzard VM, Larson N, Klein L, Loth KA, Neumark-Sztainer D (2022). Correlates of weight-related self-monitoring application use during emerging adulthood in a population-based sample. Eating and weight disorders : EWD.
Hahn SL, Lipson SK, Sonneville KR (2022). Dietary self-monitoring is associated with increased likelihood of problematic alcohol use among college students. Journal of American college health : J of ACH.
Barr-Anderson DJ, Hazzard VM, Hahn SL, Folk AL, Wagner BE, Neumark-Sztainer D (2021). Stay-at-Home Orders during COVID-19: The Influence on Physical Activity and Recreational Screen Time Change among Diverse Emerging Adults and Future Implications for Health Promotion and the Prevention of Widening Health Disparities. International journal of environmental research and public health.
Hahn SL, Kaciroti N, Eisenberg D, Weeks HM, Bauer KW, Sonneville KR (2021). Introducing Dietary Self-Monitoring to Undergraduate Women via a Calorie Counting App Has No Effect on Mental Health or Health Behaviors: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Hahn SL, Linxwiler AN, Huynh T, Rose KL, Bauer KW, Sonneville KR (2021). Impacts of dietary self-monitoring via MyFitnessPal to undergraduate women: A qualitative study. Body image.
Berge JM, Hazzard VM, Larson N, Hahn SL, Emery RL, Neumark-Sztainer D (2021). Are there protective associations between family/shared meal routines during COVID-19 and dietary health and emotional well-being in diverse young adults? Preventive medicine reports.
Hahn SL, Barry MR, Weeks HM, Miller AL, Lumeng JC, Sonneville KR (2021). Parental perceptions of actual and ideal body weight in early childhood prospectively predict adolescent perceptions of actual and ideal body weight among a low-income population. Eating and weight disorders : EWD.
Falvey SE, Hahn SL, Anderson OS, Lipson SK, Sonneville KR (2021). Diagnosis of Eating Disorders Among College Students: A Comparison of Military and Civilian Students. Military medicine.
Hahn SL, Sonneville KR, Kaciroti N, Eisenberg D, Bauer KW (2021). Relationships between patterns of technology-based weight-related self-monitoring and eating disorder behaviors among first year university students. Eating behaviors.
Wagner BE, Folk AL, Hahn SL, Barr-Anderson DJ, Larson N, Neumark-Sztainer D (2021). Recreational Screen Time Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the U.S.: A Mixed-Methods Study among a Diverse Population-Based Sample of Emerging Adults. International journal of environmental research and public health.
Hahn SL, Bauer KW, Kaciroti N, Eisenberg D, Lipson SK, Sonneville KR (2021). Relationships between patterns of weight-related self-monitoring and eating disorder symptomology among undergraduate and graduate students. The International journal of eating disorders.
Folk AL, Wagner BE, Hahn SL, Larson N, Barr-Anderson DJ, Neumark-Sztainer D (2021). Changes to Physical Activity during a Global Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Analysis among a Diverse Population-Based Sample of Emerging Adults in the U.S. International journal of environmental research and public health.
Hahn SL, Pacanowski CR, Loth KA, Miller J, Eisenberg ME, Neumark-Sztainer D (2021). Self-weighing among young adults: who weighs themselves and for whom does weighing affect mood? A cross-sectional study of a population-based sample. Journal of eating disorders.
Hazzard VM, Hahn SL, Bauer KW, Sonneville KR (2019). Binge eating-related concerns and depressive symptoms in young adulthood: Seven-year longitudinal associations and differences by race/ethnicity. Eating behaviors.
Hahn SL, Borton KA, Sonneville KR (2018). Cross-sectional associations between weight-related health behaviors and weight misperception among U.S. adolescents with overweight/obesity. BMC public health.
Hazzard VM, Hahn SL, Sonneville KR (2017). Weight misperception and disordered weight control behaviors among U.S. high school students with overweight and obesity: Associations and trends, 1999-2013. Eating behaviors.
Jumbe T, Comstock SS, Hahn SL, Harris WS, Kinabo J, Fenton JI (2016). Whole Blood Levels of the n-6 Essential Fatty Acid Linoleic Acid Are Inversely Associated with Stunting in 2-to-6 Year Old Tanzanian Children: A Cross-Sectional Study. PloS one.
Burnette CB, Hazzard VM, Larson N, Hahn SA, Eisenberg ME, Neumark-Sztainer D (2023). Is intuitive eating a privileged approach? Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between food insecurity and intuitive eating. Public health nutrition.
Hahn SL, Burnette CB, Borton KA, Mitchell Carpenter L, Sonneville KR, Bailey B (2023). Eating disorder risk in rural US adolescents: What do we know and where do we go? The International journal of eating disorders.
Burnette CB, Hazzard VM, Hahn SL, Larson N, Neumark-Sztainer D (2022). Like parent, like child? Intuitive eating among emerging adults and their parents. Appetite.
Hahn SL, Hazzard VM, Loth KA, Larson N, Klein L, Neumark-Sztainer D (2022). Using apps to self-monitor diet and physical activity is linked to greater use of disordered eating behaviors among emerging adults. Preventive medicine.
Nagata JM, Hazzard VM, Ganson KT, Hahn SL, Neumark-Sztainer D, Eisenberg ME (2022). Digital technology use and muscle-building behaviors in young adults. The International journal of eating disorders.
Hahn SL, Hazzard VM, Larson N, Klein L, Loth KA, Neumark-Sztainer D (2022). Correlates of weight-related self-monitoring application use during emerging adulthood in a population-based sample. Eating and weight disorders : EWD.
Hahn SL, Lipson SK, Sonneville KR (2022). Dietary self-monitoring is associated with increased likelihood of problematic alcohol use among college students. Journal of American college health : J of ACH.
Barr-Anderson DJ, Hazzard VM, Hahn SL, Folk AL, Wagner BE, Neumark-Sztainer D (2021). Stay-at-Home Orders during COVID-19: The Influence on Physical Activity and Recreational Screen Time Change among Diverse Emerging Adults and Future Implications for Health Promotion and the Prevention of Widening Health Disparities. International journal of environmental research and public health.
Hahn SL, Kaciroti N, Eisenberg D, Weeks HM, Bauer KW, Sonneville KR (2021). Introducing Dietary Self-Monitoring to Undergraduate Women via a Calorie Counting App Has No Effect on Mental Health or Health Behaviors: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Hahn SL, Linxwiler AN, Huynh T, Rose KL, Bauer KW, Sonneville KR (2021). Impacts of dietary self-monitoring via MyFitnessPal to undergraduate women: A qualitative study. Body image.
Berge JM, Hazzard VM, Larson N, Hahn SL, Emery RL, Neumark-Sztainer D (2021). Are there protective associations between family/shared meal routines during COVID-19 and dietary health and emotional well-being in diverse young adults? Preventive medicine reports.
Hahn SL, Barry MR, Weeks HM, Miller AL, Lumeng JC, Sonneville KR (2021). Parental perceptions of actual and ideal body weight in early childhood prospectively predict adolescent perceptions of actual and ideal body weight among a low-income population. Eating and weight disorders : EWD.
Falvey SE, Hahn SL, Anderson OS, Lipson SK, Sonneville KR (2021). Diagnosis of Eating Disorders Among College Students: A Comparison of Military and Civilian Students. Military medicine.
Hahn SL, Sonneville KR, Kaciroti N, Eisenberg D, Bauer KW (2021). Relationships between patterns of technology-based weight-related self-monitoring and eating disorder behaviors among first year university students. Eating behaviors.
Wagner BE, Folk AL, Hahn SL, Barr-Anderson DJ, Larson N, Neumark-Sztainer D (2021). Recreational Screen Time Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the U.S.: A Mixed-Methods Study among a Diverse Population-Based Sample of Emerging Adults. International journal of environmental research and public health.
Hahn SL, Bauer KW, Kaciroti N, Eisenberg D, Lipson SK, Sonneville KR (2021). Relationships between patterns of weight-related self-monitoring and eating disorder symptomology among undergraduate and graduate students. The International journal of eating disorders.
Folk AL, Wagner BE, Hahn SL, Larson N, Barr-Anderson DJ, Neumark-Sztainer D (2021). Changes to Physical Activity during a Global Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Analysis among a Diverse Population-Based Sample of Emerging Adults in the U.S. International journal of environmental research and public health.
Hahn SL, Pacanowski CR, Loth KA, Miller J, Eisenberg ME, Neumark-Sztainer D (2021). Self-weighing among young adults: who weighs themselves and for whom does weighing affect mood? A cross-sectional study of a population-based sample. Journal of eating disorders.
Hazzard VM, Hahn SL, Bauer KW, Sonneville KR (2019). Binge eating-related concerns and depressive symptoms in young adulthood: Seven-year longitudinal associations and differences by race/ethnicity. Eating behaviors.
Hahn SL, Borton KA, Sonneville KR (2018). Cross-sectional associations between weight-related health behaviors and weight misperception among U.S. adolescents with overweight/obesity. BMC public health.
Hazzard VM, Hahn SL, Sonneville KR (2017). Weight misperception and disordered weight control behaviors among U.S. high school students with overweight and obesity: Associations and trends, 1999-2013. Eating behaviors.
Jumbe T, Comstock SS, Hahn SL, Harris WS, Kinabo J, Fenton JI (2016). Whole Blood Levels of the n-6 Essential Fatty Acid Linoleic Acid Are Inversely Associated with Stunting in 2-to-6 Year Old Tanzanian Children: A Cross-Sectional Study. PloS one.
Credentials, Certifications & Awards
Our poster, "Helpful or harmful? A qualitative analysis of the impact of social media body positivity on young adults" won the Best Poster Award at the Weight Stigma Conference held in Ontario, Canada and is an International Conference and Organization
Membership in Professional Organizations
American Heart Association
Eating Disorder Research Society
Commission on Dietetic Registration
Academy for Eating Disorders
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
American Society for Nutrition
Eating Disorder Research Society
Commission on Dietetic Registration
Academy for Eating Disorders
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
American Society for Nutrition