And when given a choice, the vast majority of kids pick the food from the cartoon-adorned package as ... except that one of the packages had a sticker of Shrek, Dora the Explorer, or Scooby ...

CU-Boulder study finds plump cartoon characters drive kids to junk food Children tend to reach for low-nutrition, high-calorie food — and more of it — after seeing cartoon characters that seem ...

Some days, the snacks were offered without cartoon stickers or other branding ... as much as they are on a wide range of foods that aren't good for kids," she added. Using stickers on fruits ...

It’s a universal truth that kids are attracted to cartoons ... nutrient-dense foods more fun and exciting for kids,” Emily told TODAY. She recalled that a Little Mermaid sticker had changed ...

“Most importantly, the stickers help to introduce and nurture a healthy relationship with food ... featuring their favorite cartoon character. Even kids who had never tried or overtly ...

Shrek or a Scooby Doo sticker on the front. Both packages had the same brand of snack, but the children consistently said that the food from packages with cartoons tasted better, according to a ...

Colorful labels and cartoons on packaging might be a good indicator ... The study looked at nearly 6,000 packaged foods to analyze their number of marketing strategies aimed at children and ...

The same marketing tactics used to sell sugary cereal and junk food to children could just ... and biscuits when the produce featured a sticker with a cartoon character. Even the 5- to 6-year ...

A first-of-its kind study finds that children consume more low-nutrition, high-calorie foods after observing plump cartoon characters. All of the kids perceived egg-shaped or ovoid characters as ...

Leonard, Bridget, Margaret C. Campbell, and Kenneth Manning (2019), “Kids, Caregivers and Cartoons: The Impact of Licensed Characters on Food Choices and Consumption,” Journal of Public Policy & ...

Cornell University researchers recently reported that kids ... food fun for kids – faces out of pieces of fruit, for example. “It’s all the same logic. The novelty of eating the sticker ...