The invention provides a display method and a mobile terminal. The method comprises the steps of: according to acquired face information of a user, determining an age range of the user; determining a text display parameter corresponding to the age range; detecting a distance between eyes of the user and a display screen of the mobile terminal; and based on the text display parameter and the distance, regulating text contents displayed in the display screen. The text display parameter is determined on the basis of the age range of the user, and the determined text display parameter further accords with the actual demands. Moreover, according to the embodiment of the invention, when text content regulation is carried out according two dimensions of parameters, i.e., the distance between the eyes of the user and the display screen and the text display parameter, not only a text size of a text, but also text line spacing, character spacing and the like can be regulated, so that then display of the text is adaptive to current reading demands of the user, and a visual load of the user can be effectively reduced, thereby promoting reading experience of the user.