The number of people who exercise in professional gyms and join fitness clubs is on the rise. The trend toward disease prevention and fitness, plus the increasing influence of movie stars and super models, means that health experts, fitness tutors and nutrition masters now have much to do. More and more Chinese people are no longer content merely with good food and an easy life, but are pursuing a higher quality of life and healthier and longer lives. In addition to unhealthy lifestyles, pressure from life and work is also a factor causing affluenza. In today's China, many people consciously or unconsciously speed up the pace of life in order to keep abreast with the tempo of the times.
More people prefer a fast-paced life to idleness.
However, the increasingly heavy workload, fiercer competition, greater risks and heavier pressure have brought endless worries, from which many diseases arise. Studies show that high tempo has become a feature of life for many people but the fast pace harms human health. The hurried and disorderly lifestyle of a small number of impetuous people is becoming a common sight. Many Chinese who were used to a leisurely life now feel more pressed for time. Being ever more eager to save time, they now are quicker and more efficient but lose control more easily and no longer give careful consideration to everything they do.