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Lenna Ontai
Professor of Cooperative Extension

Lenna Ontai is a Professor of Cooperative Extension whose work focuses on the development of children’s health-related behaviors in the family context. Her current work is focused on understanding how families navigate barriers to facilitating children’s adoption of healthy lifestyle behaviors in early development. She actively translates and disseminates research in this area to inform UC Cooperative Extension programs that serve families living with limited incomes.