Lifestyles and preventive practices. Absolute figures 
Reason for the special diet or regime, by sex and age group. Population that follows a special diet or regime
Units: thousands of persons

	Total	To lose weight or maintain current weight	To live more healthfully	Due to an illness or health problem	For other reasons	No data recorded	
BOTH SEXES	
    Total	4,805.6	1,640.6	668.4	2,388.5	85.3	22.8	
    0 to 4 years of age	.	.	.	.	.	.	
    5 to 15 years of age	133.6	60.1	13.4	56.4	3.7	0.0	
    16 to 24 years of age	299.5	175.2	75.2	32.0	14.7	2.5	
    25 to 34 years of age	598.6	356.9	92.0	118.2	28.5	3.1	
    35 to 44 years of age	725.4	370.7	121.4	208.9	22.3	2.2	
    45 to 54 years of age	777.8	299.9	109.1	359.9	4.4	4.6	
    55 to 64 years of age	822.7	216.9	108.9	488.0	1.9	6.9	
    65 to 74 years of age	772.4	111.8	74.9	579.1	6.6	0.0	
    75 years old and over	644.8	48.1	71.8	519.0	3.3	2.7	
MALES	
    Total	1,975.2	482.4	339.1	1,111.8	38.2	3.8	
    0 to 4 years of age	.	.	.	.	.	.	
    5 to 15 years of age	61.3	29.9	6.6	24.2	0.7	0.0	
    16 to 24 years of age	.	.	.	.	.	.	
    25 to 34 years of age	248.1	109.5	47.5	74.9	16.2	0.0	
    35 to 44 years of age	292.9	94.9	73.3	117.2	7.5	0.0	
    45 to 54 years of age	299.7	78.7	50.7	164.9	2.5	2.9	
    55 to 64 years of age	378.1	82.8	54.1	240.5	0.6	0.0	
    65 to 74 years of age	308.3	35.0	16.5	255.5	1.3	0.0	
    75 years old and over	260.7	7.6	35.9	214.9	2.2	0.0	
FEMALES	
    Total	2,830.4	1,158.2	329.3	1,276.7	47.1	19.1	
    0 to 4 years of age	.	.	.	.	.	.	
    5 to 15 years of age	72.3	30.2	6.8	32.2	3.0	0.0	
    16 to 24 years of age	192.0	131.9	22.6	27.4	7.6	2.5	
    25 to 34 years of age	350.6	247.3	44.5	43.3	12.3	3.1	
    35 to 44 years of age	432.5	275.9	48.0	91.7	14.8	2.2	
    45 to 54 years of age	478.1	221.2	58.3	195.1	1.8	1.7	
    55 to 64 years of age	444.6	134.1	54.8	247.5	1.3	6.9	
    65 to 74 years of age	464.1	76.8	58.4	323.6	5.3	0.0	
    75 years old and over	384.1	40.4	35.8	304.1	1.1	2.7	
Notes:

.Data protected by statistical secrecy

The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which cannot be provided since it may be affected by sampling errors.
 The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which is not collected.
 The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an 'error of division by zero'.
Source: Ministry of Health and Consumption and INE