Table 2.

Exploratory factor analysis with Varimax rotation and internal consistency for factors and their respective items

Factor/factor items	Factor loading	Variance explained (%)	Ordinal α
1. Encouraging fruit and vegetable intake (three items)		22·2	0·75
I eat food I want my child to eat	0·39
I encourage my child to eat fruit	0·92
I encourage my child to eat vegetables	0·90
2. Importance of diet to weight (three items)		10·9	0·71
Importance of nutrition when purchasing food for family	0·55
Importance of serving size when purchasing food for family	0·83
Importance of weight control when purchasing food for family	0·86
3. Eating meals with child (two items)		8·5	0·80
I sit with my child at mealtimes	0·88
How many times a week does the primary and/or secondary caregiver eat the main meal of the day with your child/children?	0·90
4. Instrumental feeding practices (two items)		7·7	0·72
I/we use food as a reward for good behaviour	0·87
I/we withhold food as punishment for bad behaviour	0·88
5. Cooking vegetables for dinner (two items)		6·5	0·61
How often do you or another adult in the house cook an evening meal?	0·83
At home we have vegetables at dinner	0·63