by ESTHER J. CEPEDA

Dior Vargas is the creator of the People of Color and Mental Illness Photo Project, a response to the invisibility of people of color in media representations of mental illness. She is a volunteer crisis counselor for CrisisTextLine, a co-facilitator for NAMI NYC Metro's Young Adult Support Group and was listed as one of the 15 Remarkable Women of Color Who Rocked 2015 in Colorlines.

Probably the best thing you can do for you and your family is to make 2016 healthier. The best way to achieve that is to consciously become more open about developing healthy eating habits.

Dr. Eduardo Sanchez, chief medical officer for prevention at the American Heart Association

That’s not an echo you hear, it’s another study linking weight to breast cancer risk. It's also another reason to improve the health of our overall community.

Study, one of first to identify parental pressure as risk factor for weight gain, focused on Hispanic households