Abstract:

Health industry is one of the emerging industries that have a broad development prospects in the world. However domestic and overseas have different regimen cultures, especially between China and America. This paper draws a comparison of the regimen culture of China and the United States and tries to understand the reasons of the culture in their respective countries and the influence on the national health to better cherish and enjoy life. This article discusses the importance of the physical and mental health of China and America as well. The study shows that regimen culture has a close relationship with its country’s culture and life styles. Chinese regimen culture has something to do with its diet, Chinese medicine and Chinese tea, and American nutrition, exercise and life style have important influence on American regimen culture. The regimen awareness of both Chinese and American is improving gradually. However, they also have differences. Referring to regimen, Chinese tend to pay more attention to daily diet, and Americans prefer to do exercises. In addition, the study suggests that regimen industry will be more and more popular and may become a promising and rising sun industry.
   
Key words: Chinese regimen culture; sub-health; American regimen culture; comparison

摘要:

养生产业是当今世界上发展前景广阔的新兴产业之一。而国内外特别是中国与美国有着不同的养生文化。本文对中美养生文化进行比较，并试图了解养生文化在各自国家产生的原因及对各国国民健康的影响，从而使人们更好的珍爱生命，享受生活。本文也探讨了养生文化对中国人和美国人身心健康的重要性。研究表明，养生文化与一个国家的文化及其生活方式有着密切关系。中国养生文化与中国饮食、中医和茶文化有密切关系。美国营养学、锻炼运动和生活方式对其养生文化产生重要的影响。无论在中国还是美国，人们的养生意识都在逐渐增强，但同时也存在一些差别。提及养生，中国人更注重的是日常饮食而美国人更愿意多锻炼。此外，从研究中可以看出健康保健产业将被越来越多的人接受，并将成为蓬勃发展的阳光产业。

关键词：中国养生文化；亚健康；美国养生文化；对比

Introduction
Health industry, which has emerged in recent years, is one of the most vigorous industries in the world. The concept of regimen appears in many media including the film and television, Internet, books, paintings, etc. From the industry point of view, the concept of regimen can also involve the food, health care products, pharmaceuticals, and articles for daily use, the development of tourism products, manufacturing and other industries. Therefore, regimen industry once formed, its driving effect is amazing. Healthy life style has been praised highly in China and for a long time it is also one of the core contents of traditional Chinese culture. After entering the high-tech and information age, medical level has been enhanced rapidly. However, still there are a lot of people under sub-health. Traditional regimen idea, once snubbed revived quietly, and has even become a social hot spot and popular culture in recent years.