Today's North American society is growing heavier with the growing rate of obesity. Wanting to understand causal mechanisms of obesity through the framework of self-regulation of eating, due to the rising obesity epidemic in North America, we started reviewing studies looking into the same question. After a review of many articles a trend started to emerge. Overall, working to understand the obesity epidemic, it seems that social influence and modeling effects have a greater impact on overeating and negating organismic cues such as hunger and satiety. The underlying trend to this observation is congruent with a recent theoretical framework: the dual valuing process model (Grouzet, 2013). For example, some research have indicated that regardless of being a normative eater or a disordered eater the sizable restraint a person would place on themselves would dictate their disinhibition. A person wanting to lose weight would find greater success with an approach of grace to self, stop dieting, and get in touch with their organismic needs. However, listen to one’s organismic valuing process is harder than ever in some sociocultural environments such as North America. However, it is the key to health, wellbeing, and longevity

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