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April 21st, 2010
02:00 PM ET
April 21st, 2010
08:00 AM ET

School lunches called national security threat

(CNN) – School lunches have been labeled a number of things: High-calorie, unhealthy, fattening, gross. But a threat to national security?

A group of retired military officers says millions of kids are too overweight to join the military. They're now calling for a bill that would make school lunches healthier.

We were joined on Wednesday's American Morning by retired Air Force Lt. General Norman Seip, a member of the executive advisory council of "Mission: Readiness." He testified on Capitol Hill about the report, "Too Fat to Fight."


Filed under: Health • Military
April 20th, 2010
12:00 PM ET

Study: 'Candy-like' tobacco products pose bigger risk

(CNN) – Harvard researchers are warning parents their kids can get nicotine poisoning from "candy-like" tobacco products. Our Dr. Sanjay Gupta has the report.


Filed under: Health
April 16th, 2010
09:00 AM ET
April 15th, 2010
01:00 PM ET
April 15th, 2010
11:00 AM ET

Doctors remove explosive ammo from soldier's skull

(CNN) – It was supposed to be a routine surgery, but a recent operation at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan was anything but. Air Force doctors were removing shrapnel from a soldier's skull when they realized they had found a round of explosive ammunition.

Our Dr. Sanjay Gupta joined us on Thursday's American Morning to discuss how the doctors were able to successfully remove the active round.


Filed under: Health • Military
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