The British Broadcasting Corp., which licenses its children’s TV cartoon characters around the ... between its characters and fatty or sugary snack foods. Compiled from RedEye news services ...

Food manufacturers were urged yesterday to stop using cartoon characters to promote unhealthy snacks and cereals ... recently announced that they will no longer allow their characters to be ...

A new study suggests putting cartoon images like Shrek, Dora the Explorer or Scooby Doo on packaged children's snacks has a strong influence on a child's perception of how the food tastes.

A new Yale study finds children think food tastes better when it comes from packaging containing cartoon figures. But researchers say that only pertains to sugary snacks and not healthier snacks ...