In fact, Cornell researchers found that 239% more students lined up at the salad bar when it was decorated using colorful banners with vegetable cartoon-characters and fun, nutrition education videos.

LOS ANGELES — Mickey Mouse, SpongeBob and the Tasmanian Devil are coming to a produce aisle near you. The cartoon characters are popping up on fruit and vegetable packaging across the country as ...

For certain schools, that meant using only a vinyl banner on the salad bar. Others put TV screens in the cafeteria that showed short videos of the characters. Some schools used banners and videos ...