Well, sort of. As with most other fast food chains, there’s a brand universe, populated by talking animals and burglarizing burger-lovers and all sorts of whacky characters, and Loco’l is no different ...

A new study finds that when kids see familiar and favorite characters from cartoons or movies on food packaging, they tend to like that food more. That may not seem like such a revelation, but ...

One of the best things about childhood is watching cartoons and eating ice cream, candies, and all kinds of forbidden junk food. As we grow up, we might still love ice cream, but somehow fail to match ...

There are quite a few cartoon foods we’re glad aren’t real: spoo, for example, a substance described as “meat jello,” that’s made an appearance on not one, but two cartoons. Other disturbing foods ...

Mothers forced to buy unhealthy foods for their nagging children. Aug. 16, 2011— -- It's a tried-and-true marketing method: Slap a famous cartoon on food boxes and odds are children will be more ...

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CU-Boulder study finds plump cartoon characters drive kids to junk food Children tend to reach for low-nutrition, high-calorie food — and more of it — after seeing cartoon characters that seem ...

While cartoon bad guys are usually scheming, stealing, or sowing chaos, they’re also surprisingly food-driven. Burgers, fries, nuggets… even evil masterminds get the munchies. From obsessive food ...

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The new Cartoon Network Hotel opens at 6 a.m. on Friday (today) next to Dutch Wonderland at 2285 Lincoln Highway East in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. The new hotel is more just just a ...

Well, our annual Food Issue is out. As I point out in the video above (the second episode of our new series, The Cartoon Lounge), it’s delicious and gluten-free. That’s partly because the issue ...