Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
318 Max Bell Centre
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
R3T 2N2
Phone: (204) 474-8627
Fax: (204) 261-4802
E-mail: danielle.bouchard@umanitoba.ca
Research profile: Dr. Bouchard joined the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation and Management as an Assistant Professor in July 2011. Her current research interests are: 1- how to decrease rate of inactivity, 2- the role of age and obesity duration in lifestyle modifications and, 3-how to increase the proportion of Canadians reaching the physical activity guidelines.
Teaching classes:
KIN 4500 Physical Activity and Aging
KIN 3512 Principles of Fitness Training
PERS 7400 Current Research in Physical Activity, Health and Leisure: Physical Aspects
Recent Publications:
1. Bouchard DR, Baillargeon JP, Boisvert-Vigneault K, Farand P, Paulin M, Langlois MF. Reaching the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines: Can Older Inactive Adults Identify and Learn how to Reach the Required Intensity? April 2013 Volume 2013:8 Pages 501 - 508.
2. Bouchard DR, Porneala B, Janssen I, Langlois, MF, Baillargeon JP, Pencina M, D'Agostino Sr RB, Fox CS, Meigs JB, and Hivert MF. Risk of Type 2 Diabetes is Associated with Cumulative Excess Weight Exposure from Mid-thirties to Mid-fifties in the Framingham Offspring Study May-Jun;27(3):214-8. Epub 2013 Jan 10.
3. Bouchard DR, Langlois MF, and Baillargeon JP. REVIEW: The independent role of age in the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions. Current Obesity Reports. June 2013, Volume 2, Issue 2, pp 107-119
4. Bouchard DR, Senechal M, Jones P. Obesity duration affects postmenopausal obese health and functional profile. Submitted in Primary Prevention journal.
5. Prokop N, Hrubeniuk T, Sénéchal M, Bouchard DR. Can Active Adults Identify the Minimum Intensity Necessary to Reach the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines? Submitted to Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism.
6. Zubrinski S, Prokop N, Sénéchal M, Bouchard DR. Older Obese Women’s Perceptions of Exercise: Functional and Health Outcomes. Submitted to JAPA.
Graduate Students:
| Radhika Chitkara | Efficacy of shared treadmill workstations to reduce sedentary behavior. | MSc | May 2012- |
| Neha Bharti | Physical Activity in older adults: How to identify moderate intensity? | MSc | Sept 2012- |
| Fagner Serrrano | A novel way to maintain weight loss and therefore improve physical capacity in older obese women | MSc | Sept 2012- |
| Christine A. Henriksen | Impact of Age on Eating disorders | PhD | May 2012- |
