Cartoon characters on food packaging such as ... Ms Martin said industry self-regulation was not working because it didn't cover promotions on food packaging, and regardless, companies were ...

Study finds junk-food marketing changes the ... over the culinary tastes of children than cartoon characters from actual cartoon series. "The food industry spends $1.6 billion on youth-targeted ...

But despite some industry efforts to put licensed characters on healthy foods, the vast majority of cartoon characters still appear on junk food products. The study notes that, for example ...