Danielle Symons Downs

Danielle Symons Downs

Penn State University

H-index: 45

North America-United States

About Danielle Symons Downs

Danielle Symons Downs, With an exceptional h-index of 45 and a recent h-index of 27 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Penn State University, specializes in the field of physical activity, behavior medicine, prenatal weight.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

New parents’ sleep, movement, health, and well-being across the postpartum period

Transportation, childcare, lodging, and meals: Key for participant engagement and inclusion of historically underrepresented populations in the healthy brain and child …

Urinary cortisol is lower in pregnant women with higher pre-pregnancy BMI

Nutritional status differs by prescription opioid use among women of reproductive age: NHANES 1999–2018

Affective response to exercise and affective judgments as predictors of physical activity intention and behavior among new mothers in their first 6-months postpartum

Systematic review of the associations between prenatal sleep behaviours and components of energy balance for regulating weight gain

Feasibility and user acceptability of Breezing™, a mobile indirect calorimetry device, in pregnant women with overweight or obesity

My Baby, My Move+: feasibility of a community prenatal wellbeing intervention

Danielle Symons Downs Information

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Citations(all)

8633

Citations(since 2020)

3200

Cited By

6567

hIndex(all)

45

hIndex(since 2020)

27

i10Index(all)

91

i10Index(since 2020)

69

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Danielle Symons Downs Skills & Research Interests

physical activity

behavior medicine

prenatal weight

Top articles of Danielle Symons Downs

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

New parents’ sleep, movement, health, and well-being across the postpartum period

Behavioral Sleep Medicine

Chelsea L Kracht

Chris M Blanchard

Danielle Symons Downs

Mark R Beauchamp

Ryan E Rhodes

2024/4/11

Transportation, childcare, lodging, and meals: Key for participant engagement and inclusion of historically underrepresented populations in the healthy brain and child …

Journal of clinical and translational science

Aleksandra E Zgierska

Tatum Gramly

Nicholas Prestayko

Danielle Symons Downs

Traci M Murray

...

2024/1

Urinary cortisol is lower in pregnant women with higher pre-pregnancy BMI

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Emily E Hohman

Joshua M Smyth

Katherine M McNitt

Abigail M Pauley

Danielle Symons Downs

...

2023/1/11

Nutritional status differs by prescription opioid use among women of reproductive age: NHANES 1999–2018

Nutrients

Emily E Hohman

Tammy E Corr

Sarah Kawasaki

Jennifer S Savage

Danielle Symons Downs

2023/4/14

Affective response to exercise and affective judgments as predictors of physical activity intention and behavior among new mothers in their first 6-months postpartum

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Ryan E Rhodes

Chris M Blanchard

Kimberly R Hartson

Danielle Symons Downs

Darren ER Warburton

...

2023/4/1

Systematic review of the associations between prenatal sleep behaviours and components of energy balance for regulating weight gain

Abigail M Pauley

Ginger A Moore

Scherezade K Mama

Peter Molenaar

Danielle Symons Downs

2023/4

Feasibility and user acceptability of Breezing™, a mobile indirect calorimetry device, in pregnant women with overweight or obesity

Smart Health

Krista S Leonard

Abigail M Pauley

Penghong Guo

Emily E Hohman

Daniel E Rivera

...

2023/3/1

My Baby, My Move+: feasibility of a community prenatal wellbeing intervention

Pilot and Feasibility Studies

Jenn A Leiferman

Rachael Lacy

Jessica Walls

Charlotte V Farewell

Mary K Dinger

...

2023/7/28

Women’s beliefs of pain after childbirth: critical insight for promoting behavioral strategies to regulate pain and reduce risks for maternal mortality

Patient education and counseling

Abigail M Pauley

Krista S Leonard

Nicole Cumbo

Isabella F Teti

Jaimey M Pauli

...

2023/2/1

A control‐based observer approach for estimating energy intake during pregnancy

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control

Luca Ranghetti

Daniel E Rivera

Penghong Guo

Antonio Visioli

Jennifer Savage Williams

...

2023/6

Optimizing behavioral interventions to regulate gestational weight gain with sequential decision policies using hybrid model predictive control

Computers & chemical engineering

Penghong Guo

Daniel E Rivera

Yuwen Dong

Sunil Deshpande

Jennifer S Savage

...

2022/4/1

Fostering spirituality and psychosocial health through mind-body practices in underserved populations

Integrative Medicine Research

Nishat Bhuiyan

Lorna H McNeill

Melissa Bopp

Danielle Symons Downs

Scherezade K Mama

2022/3/1

The influence of sleep and movement on mental health and life satisfaction during the transition to parenthood

Sleep health

Alison Divine

Chris Blanchard

Cecilia Benoit

Danielle Symons Downs

Ryan E Rhodes

2022/10/1

Obstetricians’ prescribing practices for pain management after delivery

Pain Management

A Dhanya Mackeen

Richard S Vigh

Lisa Bailey Davis

Mohamed Satti

Nicole Cumbo

...

2022/2

Low prenatal resting energy expenditure and high energy intake predict high gestational weight gain in pregnant women with overweight/obesity

Obesity Research & Clinical Practice

Krista S Leonard

Danielle Symons Downs

2022/7/1

Assessment of postural sway with a pendant-mounted wearable sensor

Gait & Posture

Shubo Lyu

Andris Freivalds

Danielle Symons Downs

Stephen J Piazza

2022/2/1

Underreporting of Energy Intake Increases over Pregnancy: An Intensive Longitudinal Study of Women with Overweight and Obesity

Nutrients

Katherine M McNitt

Emily E Hohman

Daniel E Rivera

Penghong Guo

Abigail M Pauley

...

2022/6/1

Variation in urine osmolality throughout pregnancy: a longitudinal, randomized-control trial among women with overweight and obesity

European journal of nutrition

Asher Y Rosinger

Hilary J Bethancourt

Abigail M Pauley

Celine Latona

Jason John

...

2022/2

Encouraging appropriate gestational weight gain in high‐risk gravida: A randomized controlled trial

Obesity Science & Practice

Awathif Dhanya Mackeen

Amanda J Young

Shawnee Lutcher

Vonda Hetherington

Jacob W Mowery

...

2022/6

Influence of prenatal perceived stress on postpartum weight retention is mediated by high gestational weight gain in women with overweight

Clinical obesity

Krista S Leonard

Elizabeth L Adams

Jennifer S Savage

Ian M Paul

Jennifer L Kraschnewski

...

2021/6

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