Scooby Doo named ‘healthiest cartoon’

London: Scooby Doo has been named as the healthiest cartoon, based on the amount of physical activity undertaken by the character.

According to a survey published by the Department of Health, the stars of the long-running television series, took almost half of the places in the list of the most active individual characters, ahead of energetic animals such as Tom and Jerry and Wile E Coyote. The consultants, who made the decision, drew up the league tables by watching 200 hours of children’s television, featuring 20 most popular programmes, noting how much physical activity was shown. “Each character was rated on their activity levels and received marks for good behaviours such as walking short journeys and playing sport,” the Telegraph quoted the Department of Health as saying. Top 20 children’s programmes based on the level of physical activity are: 1. Scooby Doo 2. Shaun the Sheep 3. Lazy Town 4. Peppa Pig 5. Bob The Builder 6. Tom and Jerry 7. Dora the Explorer 8. Looney Tunes 9. SpongeBob Squarepants 10. In the Night Garden 11. Ben 10 12. The Simpsons 13. Phineas and Ferb 14. The Sarah Jane Adventures 15. Tracey Beaker 16. Postman Pat 17. iCarly 18. Horrid Henry 19. Garfield 20. Charlie and Lola ANI