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119-hr-5224119th CongressWALLET

Reducing Obesity in Youth Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would create a federally funded, competitive Healthy Kids Grant Program to help reduce childhood obesity by promoting healthy eating, physical activity, and addressing food insecurity for children birth through age 5 in early care and education settings. It targets training and support for early childhood providers and builds state capacity to link nutrition supports and test new approaches to healthy habits in birth-to-5 settings.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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Grants to improve nutrition for young kids

If enacted, this would create the Healthy Kids Grant Program at CDC, coordinated with ACF. It would fund 5-year competitive grants to nonprofits, colleges, or consortia to work with states, Tribes, cities, and nonprofits. Grants would train early care providers and build state capacity. They would test ways to boost healthy eating, increase physical activity, and address food insecurity. Children birth through age 5 in childcare, Head Start, family childcare, and pre-K could benefit where grantees operate; families would not get direct payments. The bill would authorize $5 million each year from 2026 to 2030, plus $1.7 million in 2026 to track progress, and require an outside evaluator and a report to Congress.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]

TN • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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