Nine people who live with obesity move in together to explore what it means to be larger-bodied in Britain today, exploring, examining whether they should love their bodies and embrace their size, or strive to get healthy and lose weight. In the first edition, they meet and settle into a house in the Oxfordshire countryside and begin to share their personal stories. But when Del starts to tell them about the bariatric surgery that he feels has saved his life, Victoria accuses him of having stomach amputation surgery and the battle lines are drawn.
The group attends a dance class, a comedy gig and a family barbecue, and Babs and Victoria clash over their differing opinions on beauty. The members of the group also delve into their past, considering how they became obese, and receive the results of their DNA tests - which yield some surprising results for Jed. The director of charity Obesity UK makes the case that the NHS' treatment of people who struggle with their weight is often short-sighted.
