Grant is funding a study to find ways to best treat the issue of obesity. And one clinic in iowa is helping out. Abc9 News Reporter Christina Gri hallva has more in rural communities, like akron, iowa, nearly 20percent of the population live at a higher risk of obesity and obesity related illness. A new grant is allowing the akron Mercy Medical clinic to study the issue to help find a solution. Partly its gonnas be coaching, partly it is being counseling. So its gonna be a little bit of everything put together. We call it a pragmatic study. Its going to be looking at the way things really are in your life. 40 patients from the clinic have been chosen based on certain criteria. For the next 36 months theyll be following a plan set up by two of the clinics nurses. Well give them kind of the basic structure for each patient, but then well work from there depending on the patients goals and what they want because this is basically their program that their formulating for themselves. Even t
This is abc9 news this midday. Lukas good morning andnd thanks for joining us this midday. Im lukas voss super tuesday is almost here. 12 states are up for grabs and the candidates are still going at it. With the latest from v vginia heres stephanie ramos. The gop p frontrunner dold trump taking insults from all sides. move rubio insult first since itss newer rubio trump doesnt sweat because his with the spray tan delacuetara donald trump in all wins and ithat happens we lose this country. Trump has racked up support fromome of the loudest names in politics. . From new jersey christie . And a first Senate Endorsement from alabamas jeff trump spent the weekend answering questions about an klux klan former duke. Know david duke. I ever met him, and i just dont know anything about him. Has more delegates and more momentum than Bernie Sanders after her victory in this weekends South Carolina primary ramos no candidate can wrap up the nomination on super tuesday but it may be the end for so
Going today. First the race for the white house. Its your voice, your vote and the biggest win yet for donald trump. More than 20point victory in nevada last night. Trump has won in the east, the south and now the west and join us live in a moment. Runnerup marco rubio here too but first the latest from nevada from abcs tom llamas in las vegas, good morning, tom. Reporter good morning. In vegas they say the trend is your friend. Right now the trend is favoring donald trump 33 in the primary calender and winning big last night. More than 40 of caucusgoers chose trump. He won by a huge margin that he was already on the victory stage hours before they could figure out second or third place. Thank you. Reporter this morning, donald trump winning the nevada caucuses and heading into super tuesday with real momentum. We won the evangelicals. We won with young. We won with highly educated. We won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated. Supporters late into the night. Grab, grab, gra
Shes here live this morning. And we do say good morning, america. And what a big day it is. We are live all across the state of New Hampshire and this is a polling station there in New Hampshire. And george is in manchester for all the latest in the race for the white house. Good morning to you, george. Right here on the scene. Hey, robin, good morning to you. A little snow out here. Just some flurries but thats not going to stop the voters and theyre expecting a record turnout here in New Hampshire today and theyve already started voting in New Hampshire. They started at midnight, dixville notch, the first town to vote at midnight. You see it there. Three towns have voted already. Already counted the votes and we have some results right now. On the democratic side, Bernie Sanders leading Hillary Clinton, 179, among the first votes actually counted and on the republican side a threeway tie, kasich and ted cruz all with nine votes each actually counted votes right now. So we got a long
The nations first primary up for grabs. The double punch of Winter Weather socking the northeast as snow causes major problems on the roads. A bus full of passengers overturned. 19 states caught in the crosshairs this morning. That massive cruise ship close to disaster. Hurricaneforce winds and massive swells thousands onboard. How terrifying was it and calls for the government to investigate. An abc news exclusive. Teresa guidice speaks out for the First Time Since her release from federal prison. It was nothing like being on the real housewives of new jersey, let me tell you. What shes revealing about life as an inmate. Her toughest moments behind bars. Teresa guidice oneonone with amy. Shes here live this morning. And we do say good morning, america. And what a big day it is. Of New Hampshire and this is a polling station there in New Hampshire. And george is in manchester for all the latest in the race for the white house. Good morning to you, george. Right here on the scene. Hey,