Norton Introduces Bill to Establish National Effort to Promote Healthy Lifestyles through Nutrition and Exercise

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the Promoting Healthier Lifelong Improvements in Food and Exercise Act, or the LIFE Act, to encourage exercise and healthy eating habits nationwide. The bill would provide $25 million to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to combat obesity and sedentary lifestyles in three ways:

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