Table 4.

Factor loadings based on exploratory factor analysis of the behaviour items of the BAQ-HH among parents (n 532) of pre-school children aged 2–5 years enrolled in ten Head Start centres, USA, autumn 2010

Item	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3
I usually…
decide my child's portion sizes	0·57	0·07	−0·18
decide if my child is eating healthy foods	0·66	0·04	−0·15
ask about what my child eats at school	0·63	−0·21	0·07
let my child snack between meals	0·57	−0·36	0·04
let my child watch TV between meals	−0·23	0·51	−0·26
serve meals at a regular time	0·23	0·49	0·06
serve fruits and vegetables with meals	0·30	0·38	0·18
eat meals with my child	0·03	0·61	0·10
use food to reward my child for good behaviour	0·13	0·06	−0·34
join my family in physical activity	0·00	0·39	0·40
encourage my child to eat breakfast	0·02	0·33	0·38
talk about the value of a healthy diet	0·09	−0·21	0·82
push my child to play outside	0·01	−0·23	0·87
talk about the value of physical activity	−0·08	−0·13	0·95
join my child in outdoor and play activities	−0·15	0·43	0·51

BAQ-HH, Behavior and Attitudes Questionnaire for Healthy Habits; TV, television.

The response options for this section were based parents’ estimates of the frequency that they did these behaviours with a 6-point response scale: 1 = ‘never’; 2 = ‘rarely’; 3 = ‘occasionally’; 4 = ‘often’; 5 = ‘very often’; 6 = ‘always’.