Fifty-two obese (26 girls/26 boys), 18 overweight (13 girls/5 boys), and 28 eutrophic or lean prepubertal children (14 girls/14 boys) aged between 5 and 10 years (mean 7.44 ± 1.22 years) were consecutively selected from our pediatric endocrinology outpatients unit at the Pedro Ernesto University Hospital assessed in a cross-sectional study.