Life. Be in it.

Life. Be in it. is an Australian government program and advertising campaign encouraging people to be more active and participate in recreational sports or other physical activities.

The program began in 1975 with the Victorian state government, the brainchild of Brian Dixon the Minister for Youth, Sport and Recreation and a former Australian rules footballer. In 1977 the federal government took it national. Federal funding ended in 1984, redirected towards elite programs. Life Be In It continued for a time working with other groups like the National Heart Foundation of Australia, before going into hibernation.

In 2000 the program was revived, with new government funding, as a strategy against obesity. Australia's national adult obesity rate at that time was reckoned as second only to the USA.

The television advertisements for the program are cartoons featuring people doing a wide range of activities, with a catchy tune "Be in it today, live more of your life". The main character is Norm, a middle aged man with a prominent beer belly, meant to represent a "normal" Australian bloke. The idea for Norm and the advertising came from Philip Adams and Alex Stitt; Stitt drew all the cartoons.

The campaign was an enormous success in terms of recognition, by 1979 about 83% and by 1982 about 94%. Recognition remained high even while the program was dormant.

The original theme music for the campaign was created by Benno Rentinck, loosely based on a traditional Dutch nursery song.^{[citation needed]}