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Want to lose weight for 'bikini season'? Fine, but focus on long-term health, say UAB experts

by Traci Bratton

June 02, 2014
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Lots of people go on diets in the spring and summer so they'll look better in bikinis or swim trunks, and that's OK, up to a point. "Motivating factors such as 'bikini season' are good inspiration for behavior change," according to Krista Casazza, an assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Nutrition Sciences.

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