Table 2.

Factor loading matrix of the two identified dietary patterns among a nationally representative sample of Lebanese adolescents (n 446)*

	Dietary patterns
	Traditional Lebanese	Western
Vegetables	0·62†
Sugar-sweetened beverages	−0·54	0·26
Legumes	0·52†
Bread	0·47†	0·28
Rice, pasta and cereals	0·45†
Bulgur	0·43†
Fruits and fresh fruits juice	0·42†
Fish	0·38†	0·29
Vegetable oils	0·38†
Light soda and juice drinks	0·37†	0·23
Sweets	−0·26
Poultry and eggs		0·63†
Milk and dairy products	0·33†	−0·51
Red meat	0·43†	0·45†
Mayonnaise		0·40†
Fast foods		0·39†
Pizza and pies		0·31†
Butter and ghee		−0·26
Fried potatoes		0·22
Per cent variance explained	13·19	8·69

^*Factor loadings of <|0·2| were not listed in the table for simplicity.

^†Loadings≥0·3.