Lifestyles and preventive practices. Absolute figures 
Reason for the special diet or regime, by sex and social class of the main breadwinner. 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	
    I: Executives of Public Administrations and of companies with 10 or more employees, and professions associated with university degrees	507.8	230.5	90.5	161.4	18.3	7.2	
    II: Executives of companies with fewer than 10 employees, and professions associated  with intermediate degrees. Advanced technicians. Artists and sportspersons	546.6	228.6	97.6	206.7	13.8	0.0	
    III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services and Security workers. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers	1,119.9	358.2	139.4	605.5	14.7	2.1	
    IVa: Skilled manual workers	1,297.1	386.1	168.4	715.3	24.0	3.4	
    IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers	676.2	267.6	78.7	314.4	11.6	3.9	
    V: Unskilled workers	561.3	157.9	77.8	320.4	2.1	3.1	
    No data recorded	96.7	11.7	16.0	65.0	0.9	3.1	
MALES	
    Total	1,975.2	482.4	339.1	1,111.8	38.2	3.8	
    I: Executives of Public Administrations and of companies with 10 or more employees, and professions associated with university degrees	239.6	84.7	52.7	90.8	8.5	2.9	
    II: Executives of companies with fewer than 10 employees, and professions associated  with intermediate degrees. Advanced technicians. Artists and sportspersons	234.0	66.7	61.0	97.6	8.6	0.0	
    III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services and Security workers. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers	500.2	126.1	65.4	304.2	4.6	0.0	
    IVa: Skilled manual workers	520.2	97.1	86.6	322.0	14.5	0.0	
    IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers	224.8	70.0	29.1	123.9	1.8	0.0	
    V: Unskilled workers	217.2	36.5	37.8	142.0	0.0	0.9	
    No data recorded	39.3	1.3	6.5	31.3	0.2	0.0	
FEMALES	
    Total	2,830.4	1,158.2	329.3	1,276.7	47.1	19.1	
    I: Executives of Public Administrations and of companies with 10 or more employees, and professions associated with university degrees	268.2	145.8	37.8	70.6	9.7	4.4	
    II: Executives of companies with fewer than 10 employees, and professions associated  with intermediate degrees. Advanced technicians. Artists and sportspersons	312.7	161.9	36.6	109.0	5.1	0.0	
    III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services and Security workers. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers	619.7	232.1	74.0	301.3	10.1	2.1	
    IVa: Skilled manual workers	777.0	289.0	81.8	393.3	9.5	3.4	
    IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers	451.4	197.5	49.6	190.5	9.9	3.9	
    V: Unskilled workers	344.1	121.5	40.0	178.4	2.1	2.2	
    No data recorded	57.4	10.4	9.5	33.7	0.6	3.1	
Notes:
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