1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Promoting Healthier Lifelong Improvements in Food and Exercise Act of 2018 or the LIFE Act . 2. Findings The Congress finds as follows: (1) Currently, 69 percent of adults in the United States are overweight and 78.6 million (more than one-third of the adult population in the United States) are obese. (2) Data from two National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys show that, the prevalence of obesity among adults increased from 15.0 percent in 1976–1980 to 35.3 percent in 2011–2012. (3) In 2011–2012, more than 12,700,000 children and adolescents (or 17 percent) were overweight, and more than 78,600,000 adults (or 34.9 percent) were obese. Almost 6 percent of adults were extremely obese. (4) The percentage of children who are obese has more than doubled and among adolescents the percentage has more than tripled. Since 1980, the obesity rate for adolescents increased from 5 percent to 17 percent. (5) Approximately 48 percent of adults in the United States do not meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Physical Activity Guidelines, and national data show an increase in the calorie consumption of adults. (6) The rising rates of obesity portend greater disease and health conditions including hypertension, high total cholesterol, Type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, stroke, gallbladder disease, osteoporosis, sleep apnea, respiratory problems, and some cancers, such as endometrial, breast, and colon cancer. (7) Many underlying factors have been linked to the increase in obesity, such as increasing portion sizes, eating out more often, increased consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks, increasing television, computer, and electronic gaming time, changing labor markets, and fear of crime, which prevents outdoor exercise. (8) Chronic diseases account for 1.7 million, or 70 percent, of all deaths in the United States each year. Although chronic diseases are among the most common and costly health problems, they are also among the most preventable. Adopting a