Aug 22 (Reuters) - Can Elmo make children like apples? For children who turn up their noses at fruits and vegetables, slapping a cartoon face on a healthy snack may make those choices more appealing, ...

Branding apples with cartoon characters like Elmo could help school children to make healthier snack choices, a U.S. study finds. In an experiment, researchers offered elementary school students ...

Remember Popeye spruiking the virtues of spinach just before bashing the crap of arch-nemesis Bluto in cartoons when you were a kid? Well, a new US study has shown just how easy it is to sell stuff to ...