Danielle Symons Downs

Danielle Symons Downs

Danielle Symons Downs Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Kinesiology, 266 Recreation Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

Biography

Danielle Symons Downs, associate professor of kinesiologyÃÂ and obstetrics and gynecology, has received a five-year, $1.8-million grant from the National Institutes of Health Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to develop an intervention to reduce gestational weight gain among overweight and obese pregnant women.

Research Interest

Theoretical determinants of exercise motivation and participation; evidence-based behavioral interventions to promote physical activity and health during the preconceptional, prenatal, and postpartum periods; excessive exercise and eating pathology behaviors

Journal of Women's Health Care
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