# 119-hr-5224: Reducing Obesity in Youth Act of 2025

119-hr-5224, Reducing Obesity in Youth Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-22).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5224
- As of: 2026-10-22
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5224
- Congress: 119
- Title: Reducing Obesity in Youth Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-09
- Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-22

## 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.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Grants to improve nutrition for young kids: benefit, low. 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…

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- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-4714: End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-5224 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5224)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-4714: End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4714)
- [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5224 (as of 2026-10-22).