The invention relates to terminal equipment, particularly relates to a system for detecting user posture by mobile terminal equipment, and solves the problem that when a user faces a screen and uses the terminal equipment, the posture is incorrect, and body injury is caused. The system comprises a camera, a posture sensor, an information processing module, a posture sensing data input interface, an image data input interface, a posture reminding module trigger interface and a posture reminding module. The information processing module applies terminal equipment absolute posture data and user face image or video data to calculate user posture parameters, and the posture is judged; when the posture is incorrect, a prompt signal and/or a correction suggestion signal are/is sent to the user by the posture reminding module. When the system and the method are used, effective reminding is realized for the user, the user can always maintain correct posture, and the body health of the user is facilitated; in addition, the user can use the equipment for a long time by maintaining the correct posture.