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Cartoon character choices reflect kids' body image

This may be a surprise, but kids prefer cartoon characters to look like healthy kids. You wouldn't know it by looking at many of the cartoons that are ... Read More »

Do cartoon characters promote obesity?

Think about it: You have Tony the Tiger telling you that sugary Frosted Flakes are Grrrrrrrreat and Sunny the Coco Puffs bird telling you to go Cukoo ... Read More »

British ban on junk food ads 'not working'

Over the in UK, rules were recently placed on child-targeted advertising, prohibiting them from running junk food ads during popular kids programming. ... Read More »

Just the facts

I've admitted a number of times before that I'm a blurb reader. I like punchy, to-the-point bits of information, usually served in terse and mostly ... Read More »

Can cartoon characters fight childhood obesity?

As part of the fight against childhood obesity, the World Cancer Research Fund is now using cartoons to get kids interested in eating right, and ... Read More »

'Tom & Jerry' no longer smoking icons (but aunty still is)

I know that I breathed a huge sigh of relief this weekend. Phew. My kids have lost their last icons of bad behavior! I thought. Tom and Jerry, that ... Read More »