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"I couldn&amp;#39;t help but do a double take this morning when I read this headline in the Daily Mail: &amp;quot;Why leggings make you fat: Wearing them &amp;#39;causes lazy muscles and leaves legs and stomach flabby&amp;#39;&amp;quot;.\nPinterestFacebookI&amp;#39;ve heard plenty of accusations lobbed against leggings since they became popular again over the last few years--they&amp;#39;re unflattering, they&amp;#39;re juvenile, they&amp;#39;re too reminiscent of the 80s--but fattening?! Now that&amp;#39;s rich. Here&amp;#39;s the fuzzy logic behind the claim: &amp;quot;Physiotherapist Sammy Margo said: Leggings feel good and look great and I am as addicted to them as anyone, but there is a downside. They hold in and support the quadriceps (thigh muscles), buttocks and core muscles in your tummy, and do the job the muscles are supposed to do. As a result, the muscles are allowed to relax and switch off, so when we reveal our bodies for the first time as summer approaches, they are not as svelte or firm as they otherwise would be.&amp;#39;&amp;quot;\nBut wait! There&amp;#39;s more: &amp;quot;So people should already be weaning themselves off their leggings if they want to look their best in time for summer. The sunny weather should have helped them to ditch them a bit earlier this year and get a head start.&amp;quot;\nI just have to ask: How tight exactly are your leggings, Ms. Margo!? And um, what kind of relationship do you have with them that you need to be &amp;quot;weaned&amp;quot; off? I&amp;#39;m no doctor, but I&amp;#39;m pretty sure that if you have a healthy diet and a decent exercise regime, you can wear whatever the heck you want without fear of your clothing making you fat! What do you say, dolls? Does this claim sound as silly to you as it does to me? Discuss!\nPLUS...\n\nWardrobe must-have: Electric blue leggings!\n\nAND!\n\nA trick to help you stick to your weight loss goals\n\nMore Ways to Get Glamour:\nGet the latest fashion updates via Twitter on @glamour_fashion\nCheck our chic new Tumblr!\nRead Glamour magazine on your iPad!\nLike freebies? Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes!\nSign up for our fashion and beauty newsletters to get easy style tips (it&amp;#39;ll make your inbox 10x sexier, we promise).\nAnd, did you know you can read glamour.com on your smart phone?! It&amp;#39;s the ultimate boredom buster.\nPhotos: Ben Watts\nWant even more STF? Follow us on Twitter!\nLatest Tweets!\nFollow us on Twitter!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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