What is sub-health state?

Sub-health is a special stage in the continuous process between health and disease, which used to be called "the third state", meaning that health is the first state, disease is the second state, and the third state is between health and disease, neither disease nor health. According to a questionnaire survey report of the All-round Development Center, a psychological professional institution in Hong Kong, up to 30% of the white-collar workers in Hong Kong are in a "sub-health state". From the sub-health state, it can be transformed into a healthy state in a good direction, and it can also be transformed into a bad direction, further developing into various diseases.

The concept of sub-health mainly appears in China media, especially in the marketing of health products. The English word "sub-health" also appears in media reports in China. Some scholars believe that "the statement of' sub-health' only exists in the social environment of China people, and it is also the so-called' China characteristics'."

According to Si Manan, this concept was "created by a college graduate himself in the1980s. Now he doesn't know that sub-health has become the theoretical basis of many health care products manufacturers today." [4] Some people think that "a simple and accurate way to judge whether health products are advertised is to see whether the word' sub-health' is used" [5].

20 12, 12 In June, Tencent News, an online media in China, took "sub-health: fooling China people for 16 years" as the topic. After investigating the etymology and application of "sub-health", it clearly expressed its negative attitude towards this concept, saying that China people were "fooled by this concept for 16 years".