Why Fat Cartoon Characters Resonate with Audiences Typically, television and films, both live-action and animated, don't proportionally represent all body types.

Some of these fat cartoon characters remind people of their childhood memories. They are unique and have traits that make ...

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 ...

Generations of kids have grown up with chubby cartoon characters like Fat Albert, Winnie the Pooh and Homer Simpson -- and it may not be good for their diets. A first-of-its kind study finds that ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Fans of Family Guy and Homer Simpson beware: watching chubby cartoon characters can make children, well, fat. While parents worry ...

Children consume more low-nutrition, high-calorie food such as cookies and candy after observing seemingly overweight cartoon characters, according to a first-of-its-kind study led by the ...

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.

The study found that the tendency to eat more junk food after seeing a seemingly overweight cartoon character was curtailed when kids first had the opportunity to summon their previously learned ...