Purpose. To assess the commitment to a healthy lifestyle of persons involved in the formation of health conservation (doctors, teachers). Materials and m e t h o d s . A cross-sectional study was conducted, which included 176 people (75 doctors, 101 teachers of higher medical educational institutions), employees of state budgetary institutions in Moscow. At the age of 45,48±15,33 years (from 23 to 78 years), among them 91 women, 85 men. Results. A quarter of the respondents from the group led an insufficiently healthy lifestyle (25,34%); 4% of doctors and 0,9 teachers observed “poorly” the principles of a healthy lifestyle; The main problem was low physical activity, identified in 79,3% of the respondents (95,6% of doctors, 67,56% of teachers), low responsibility for health (9,9%) and poor nutrition among teachers (3,9%), low stress management skills among doctors (5,3%). Conclusions. There is a lack of adherence to the principles of a healthy lifestyle among participants in health preservation. Insufficient commitment of doctors and teachers to adherence to the principles of a healthy lifestyle plays a negative role in the formation of health-saving behavior among the population of the Russian Federation.