Stress hormone cortisol may act as a predictor of people susceptible to rapid weight gain.
There are many risk factors associated with obesity; many non-scientific such as socioeconomic status, ect.
Other hormones involved: Leptin, Gherlin, CAD, CCK,
Perhaps you´ll find some hints in the following publications:
1: Weng SF, Redsell SA, Nathan D, Swift JA, Yang M, Glazebrook C. Estimating
overweight risk in childhood from predictors during infancy. Pediatrics. 2013
Aug;132(2):e414-21. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-3858. Epub 2013 Jul 15.
2: Morandi A, Meyre D, Lobbens S, Kleinman K, Kaakinen M, Rifas-Shiman SL, Vatin V, Gaget S, Pouta A, Hartikainen AL, Laitinen J, Ruokonen A, Das S, Khan AA, Elliott P, Maffeis C, Gillman MW, Järvelin MR, Froguel P. Estimation of newborn
risk for child or adolescent obesity: lessons from longitudinal birth cohorts.
PLoS One. 2012;7(11):e49919. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049919. Epub 2012 Nov 28.
3: Angbratt M, Ekberg J, Walter L, Timpka T. Prediction of obesity from infancy
to adolescence. Acta Paediatr. 2011 Sep;100(9):1249-52. doi:
10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02326.x. Epub 2011 May 18.
4: Bakhshi E, Mohammad K, Eshraghian MR, Seifi B. Factors related to obesity
among Iranian men: results from the National Health Survey. Public Health Nutr.
2010 Sep;13(9):1389-94. doi: 10.1017/S1368980010000108. Epub 2010 May 4
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