The invention discloses a system and method for health management based on the internet of things and cloud computing. The system comprises at least one health detection device, an intelligent mobile platform, a cloud center server, at least one doctor working platform, at least one relation query platform and at least one client side. The client sides comprise the emergency center client side and the insurance client side. The health detection device is connected with the intelligent mobile platform through a communication protocol. The intelligent mobile platform is connected with the cloud center server through a communication network. The relation query platform, the doctor working platform, the emergency center client side and the insurance client side are respectively connected with the cloud center server. According to the system and method for health management based on the internet of things and cloud computing, a user, a relation and a doctor are main participants, services such as health data checking, recording, visual displaying, data analyzing and mining, doctor guiding, customization message pushing, positioning and tumbling detection pre-warning are provided for the user, meanwhile, a health service is provided for infants, and a monitoring service is provided for the endowment insurance and the medical insurance.