Table III.

Factor structure for ‘family support for healthy eating’ questionnaire (n = 303)

			Mean (SD)	Factor loading
Factor 1: supportive behavior (1 = none, 5 = very often)
Encouraged her not to eat unhealthy foods (cake, salted chips)			3.61 (1.2)	0.742
Discussed eating habit changes with her			2.95 (1.4)	0.775
Complimented her on changing her eating habits			2.73 (1.4)	0.738
Commented if she went back to her old eating habits			2.02 (1.2)	0.529
Reminded her not to eat high-fat, high-salt foods			2.74 (1.4)	0.771
Offered her food that she is trying to eat			2.90 (1.5)	0.615
Factor 2: non-supportive behavior (1 = very often, 5 = none)
Got frustrated when she encouraged you to change your food habits			4.18 (1.2)	0.653
Ate high-fat or high-salt foods in front of her			3.17 (1.2)	0.660
Brought home foods that she is trying not to eat			4.18 (1.1)	0.674
Criticized the food she eats			3.80 (1.2)	0.581
	% variance explained	Cronbach's α	Mean (SD)
Factor 1	32.3	0.83	2.82 (1.0)
Factor 2	20.7	0.60	3.84 (0.79)

Bartlett's test of sphericity = 910.19, P < 0.05; Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin measure of sampling adequacy = 0.86.

SD, standard deviation.