Characters on cereal boxes appear to influence kids' perceptions of taste. March 8, 2011— -- Seeing Shrek, Dora the Explorer and other popular animated characters on cereal boxes appears to ...

NEW YORK (CBS) Like parents don't have enough to worry about. Now a new study says they need to be on the lookout for cartoon characters pushing their kids to eat junk foods. "We found that when kids ...

The notion of pulling back on marketing less-than-healthful foods to kids, either via voluntary industry action or government mandate, pops up in a number of anti-childhood obesity efforts -- ...

Putting an image of Shrek, Dora the Explorer or Scooby Doo on packaged children's snacks has a strong influence on a child's perception of how the product tastes, according to new research from Yale ...

My grandson, Brayden, was 2 when we took him on his first cruise. Too young for the organized kiddie activities aboard ship, he was content to sit and play with his toys out by the pool. At night, he ...