http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21568389
And answer the following questions:
1. How has the story of human health changed in the past few decades? What risks have the changes caused?
2. What were the global rates of obesity in 2008?
3. How do states interfere with people’s private affairs by charging them for being obese?
4. What policy measures can governments implement to decrease obesity rates?
A. Find in the text the description of the trends indicated in the graph:
1. Say what the graph shows.
2. Explain what changes have occurred.
3. Say what the general trend is.
![http://media.economist.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/original-size/images/print-edition/20121215_LDC649.png](/sites/default/files/mytask/imgs/1229/2.jpg)
C. Use some of the above mentioned verbs to describe the trends in the graph (make up 6–7 sentences). Specify the type of the graph. This resource may be helpful http://www.typesofgraphs.com/