Table 1.
Factor loadings* of the food groups in the dietary patterns (principal components) identified among German adolescents
| Dietary patterns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (n = 622) | Girls (n = 650) | ||||
| Food groups | western | healthy | traditional | healthy | Traditional and western |
| Pizza† | 0.66 | 0.32 | |||
| Doner kebab | 0.59 | 0.26 | |||
| Burger | 0.57 | 0.29 | |||
| Soft drinks | 0.55 | -0.24 | 0.29 | 0.46 | |
| French fries | 0.53 | 0.32 | |||
| Alcoholic drinks | 0.42 | 0.25 | |||
| Chicken | 0.41 | 0.32 | 0.51 | ||
| Ketchup‡ | 0.40 | 0.26 | |||
| Salty snacks | 0.37 | ||||
| Meat (except chicken) | 0.33 | 0.28 | 0.37 | 0.21 | 0.46 |
| Pasta | 0.33 | 0.26 | 0.45 | ||
| Confectionary | 0.33 | 0.46 | |||
| Sausages§ | 0.27 | 0.46 | |||
| Legumes | 0.25 | 0.41 | 0.47 | 0.23 | |
| Warm sauces | 0.25 | 0.21 | 0.31 | 0.37 | |
| Rice | 0.23 | 0.59 | 0.65 | ||
| Wholemeal bread | -0.29 | -0.21 | |||
| Salad vegetables | 0.59 | 0.44 | |||
| Fruits | 0.57 | 0.35 | |||
| Other vegetables|| | 0.53 | 0.27 | 0.43 | ||
| Vegetable oil | 0.52 | 0.61 | |||
| Mushrooms | 0.37 | 0.35 | |||
| Soup | 0.35 | 0.59 | 0.28 | ||
| Grain products¶ | 0.35 | ||||
| Fish | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.38 | ||
| Cake/cookies | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.35 | ||
| Eggs | 0.25 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.21 | |
| Potatoes | 0.25 | 0.56 | 0.29 | 0.42 | |
| Nuts | 0.25 | ||||
| Falafel** | 0.24 | 0.24 | |||
| Water | 0.23 | 0.31 | -0.36 | ||
| Processed meat | 0.69 | 0.47 | |||
| White bread†† | 0.51 | 0.38 | |||
| Margarine | 0.38 | ||||
| Cheese | 0.33 | ||||
| Butter | 0.28 | ||||
| Meat salad‡‡ | 0.27 | ||||
| Dessert, Ice-Cream | 0.25 | 0.25 | |||
| Yoghurt | 0.25 | ||||
| Coffee | 0.22 | ||||
| Breakfast cereals | |||||
| Jam | 0.24 | ||||
| Juices | |||||
| Milk | |||||
| Other milk products§§ | 0.20 | ||||
| Pancakes | |||||
| Tea | 0.22 | ||||
| Vegetarian dishes|| || | 0.36 | ||||
| Variance explained (%) | 8.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 7.6 | 5.6 |
* Factor loadings with absolute values < 0.2 are not shown for simplicity, absolute values > 0.4 are underlined
† Pizza, onion tart
‡ Ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, other cold sauces
§ Hot dog, grilled fried sausage, curried sausage, meatballs
|| Tomato, cucumber, pepper, asparagus, garlic, avocado, carrot, cabbage, mixed pickles, olives
¶ Bulgur, popcorn, rice waffle
** Falafel, vegetarian doner, Turkish pizza
†† Wheat bread, mixed bread, bread rolls
‡‡ Salad with meat, chicken, eggs or fish
§§ Cream cheese, curd cheese, buttermilk, kefir, soured milk, cream, concentrated milk
|| ||Soya, tofu, vegetarian spread