Rafael Tassitano

Rafael Tassitano is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. He is a co-author of a study published in the Journal of Public Health, which highlights the alarming rates of obesity among adolescents in South America, attributing the rise to factors such as poor diet, inactivity, and socioeconomic disparities.