One thing I also discovered through this mod: making Sims with the weight slider at 0 sets their weight by default at around -80. Just like in normal play you have to save or otherwise update the game state for eating/spells/cheats/whatever to affect the numbers.
Using an in-game Sim computer you can also set minimum (or maximum) values for both fitness and fatness, which is pretty cool if you want a world where everyone’s at least a little chunky. To adjust weight go into the main MCCC menu by clicking on a sim, then go to “MC CAS,” “Set Physique” and “Set Fatness,” then type in a number from -100 to 100 (this works fine with the roBurky mod in my experience) In the course of my investigations into the Sims 4 I found a mod that not only tells you what the numerical weight value for your sims is, it allows you to change it in real time, along with a bunch of other stuff that’s really cool to play around with (including adjusting the size of individual body parts) for both household members and NPCs.