Children consume more low-nutrition, high-calorie food such as cookies and candy after observing seemingly overweight cartoon characters, according to a first-of-its-kind study led by the University ...

Whether it’s Patrick Star from “SpongeBob SquarePants” or Baymax from “Big Hero 6,” chubby cartoon characters may be prompting our kids to eat too much, a new study suggests. Researchers found that ...

A publicity image from the film Shrek Forever After, featuring Shrek, voiced by Mike Myers, left, and Fiona, voiced by Cameron Diaz. (Paramount Pictures, Dreamworks Animation/Associated Press) Is a ...

New study suggests characters like Homer encourage children to eat Credit: Photo: AP New research suggests that overweight cartoon characters encourage children to eat more. In a study published in ...

A 21st century Popeye-style cartoon has been created to encourage children to eat their greens. Characters such as "Food dude" superheroes and the villain "General Junk" have dramatically increased ...

Generations of kids have grown up with chubby cartoon characters like Fat Albert, Winnie the Pooh and Homer Simpson -- and it may not be good for their diets. A first-of-its kind study finds that ...

Influencing kids to make the right food choice could be a lot easier for parents as researchers have found that children exposed to animated cartoon characters that take the shapes of healthy ...

A father who encouraged his children to eat fruit and vegetables by transforming their food into cartoon characters has now put his whacky ideas into a party recipe book. Mark Northeast was delighted ...