WORST IDEA 6/21/10: Letting kids make eating decisions

A new study shows that kids think that foods with a picture of a cartoon character taste better. This apparently leads to poor eating choices and fat, unhealthy kids. Of course, since kids don't generally do the grocery shopping, we should probably blame parents and not Dora The Explorer. Admittedly, I do have a WWSBD? (What would SpongeBob do?) tattoo across my back, but, I'd assume most people are smart enough to not follow the advice of Shrek just because their kids whine a little.

Cartoon characters attract kids to junk food - CNN.com