Living longer, but not well, says Humphrey

Barbados has been “very good” at extending life and reducing mortality but has not been as successful at reducing morbidity, claims St Michael South Member of Parliament Kirk Humphrey, who argues that though Barbadians are living longer, the long life does not mean they are “living well”.

He has, therefore, appealed to all Barbadians, especially men, to pay more attention to and take responsibility for their health, after having recently lost one of his best friends to prostate cancer “We have been very good at extending life. We have reduced mortality. But, unfortunately, we have not been as good at reducing morbidity, so people are living longer but they are not necessarily living well.

“A lot of that falls on the choices that Barbadians make; the things we eat on a day-to-day basis, the portions that we eat.