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