Children prefer the taste of foods branded with images of popular cartoon characters and choose ... taste perceptions and preferences for junk food. Given that 13 percent of marketing expenditures ...

Cartoon characters on food packaging such as ... is urging manufacturers to stop using animations to promote junk food to children, and the federal government to extend and strengthen existing ...

Health experts welcomed the move but called for government regulations on "junk food ... Images According to Lidl's website, a serving of its Honey and Peanuts Corn Flakes - which features a ...

Parents want junk food firms to be banned from using cartoon heroes to promote products which are high in fat, sugar and salt. Research has highlighted popular brands using characters from The ...

Cartoon characters ... promoting healthy foods (such as the Jolly Green Giant on sweetcorn). In a bid to reduce childhood obesity, they also recommend there should be no junk food adverts on ...

Children significantly prefer the taste of junk foods branded with licensed cartoon characters on the packaging, compared with the same foods without characters, finds a new study from the Rudd Center ...