New study suggests characters like Homer encourage children to eat Credit: Photo: AP New research suggests that overweight cartoon characters encourage children to eat more. In a study published ...

Kids eat more junk food after watching seemingly overweight cartoon characters, according to a new study from the business schools at University of Colorado Boulder and Colorado State University.

There are many cartoon characters ... new research suggests that seeing depictions of overweight or larger characters can actually lead kids to eat more than what would be considered a healthy ...