Lifestyles and preventive practices. Absolute figures 
Reason for the special diet or regime, by sex and nationality. 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	
    Spanish	4,420.4	1,451.5	588.1	2,286.8	73.9	20.0	
    Foreign	369.8	186.5	78.0	92.0	11.4	1.9	
    No data recorded	15.5	2.6	2.3	9.7	0.0	0.9	
MALES	
    Total	1,975.2	482.4	339.1	1,111.8	38.2	3.8	
    Spanish	1,841.4	425.9	295.7	1,084.1	32.9	2.9	
    Foreign	121.9	56.5	41.1	18.9	5.3	0.0	
    No data recorded	11.9	0.0	2.3	8.7	0.0	0.9	
FEMALES	
    Total	2,830.4	1,158.2	329.3	1,276.7	47.1	19.1	
    Spanish	2,579.0	1,025.6	292.4	1,202.6	41.1	17.2	
    Foreign	247.9	130.0	36.9	73.1	6.0	1.9	
    No data recorded	3.5	2.6	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	
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