Alex confides in Jordan, her best friend that her boyfriend's mom doesn't like her because she's so slim. Jordan suggests gaining some weight might help to bring her boyfriend's mom around.

A girl from the wrong side of tracks becomes engaged to an overweight, but wealthy guy. His mother makes sure she pays the price for marrying money and forces her to sign a pre-nuptial agreement that makes a weight gain requirement.

In a much warmer time in the future, when obesity is considered a legal disability and businesses are required to have quotas for race and disabilities a young women wants to transition from intern to fulltime employment, she's required to gain.

An obese recruiter for an obesity research company visit a college campus to recruit future employees. Great pay, benefits, but there is a serious downside, that is if you want to stay in shape.

A co-ed at university goes to a food baby contest at a frat house with her plump sorority sister/roommate, she wins, leading to a change in her figure and diet.