| If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here | | | | News: Watch Out, Minions – Fat Cartoon Characters Make Kids Overeat | After watching overweight cartoon characters — or even characters that only seem overweight because they're round or egg-shaped — kids may be more likely to overindulge on junk food. In the first-of-its-kind study, 300 eight- to thirteen-year-old children in Colorado watched “ovoid” cartoon characters before taking a cookie taste test.
It was found that they consumed half as many cookies if they were exposed to healthier-looking cartoon characters, or no cartoons at all.
But if, before heading to the cookie taste test, the kids took a very short quiz on healthy behaviors, they ate a lot less junk overall. So the trick is: how do we help our kids draw upon their health knowledge before they make the decision to eat? | ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uU67F4FwrSfOMwtqDHSks9uW-DmaxoA2sevh4mo7cVTh34oe61vsx3XKNgVsvHw3cknHEa4JZtQFJVRcgsDRbXu6obl1YditGFkEqiLqmywm5h4G5Jnm4L7MY=s0-d) | Nicholas English Content Manager of About.com Health | | | | | | | | You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Health newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here | | 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 | | | | | | |
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