Background: Values of young urban professionals (yuppies) are still valid and it is possible to find references to thelifestyle of young people. This also applies to the younger generation, in other words, middle-aged urban professionals (muppies). Objective: The aim is evaluating whether yuppies and muppies can be a role model for society in thefield of taking care of leisure-time physical activity (PA). Methods: Surveys were conducted by an Omnibus surveyon the representative sample of Poles in two studies (N?=?1053, N?=?1067). Persons aged 20–39 (N?=?762 wereselected) and based on the criteria: education, residence in cities, study skills character of work, income, there wascreated a yuppie/muppie group (n?=?67) and non-yuppies (n?=?695). International Physical Activity Questionnaire– Long Form was used. Results: Recommendations of WHO were met by 43.3% of yuppies/muppies and 33.4%of non-yuppies. No significant differences between groups were observed (p?=?.103) in this regard. There were nosignificant differences also between groups in practiced days per week leisure-time PA (walking p?=?.069, moderatePA p?=?.095, vigorous PA p?=?.256). The average value of MET-min/week for vigorous PA during leisure time wassignificantly higher declared (p?=?.03) by the yuppie/muppie group (628.7?±?1415.5 vs. 345.8?±?1073.4 MET-min/week). Conclusions: Yuppies and muppies cannot be regarded as a role model for Polish society in terms of taking upactive leisure-time activities and meeting World Health Organization recommendations. Thus, it seems valuable tocarry out further research in order to find role-model groups within the population aged 20–39.
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