Table 2. Factors, items and factor loadings.
| Factora | Item (response format) | Factor loadings |
|---|---|---|
| Appetitive drive | I continue to eat despite feeling full (never-always) | 0.826 |
| I serve myself overly large portions (never-always) | 0.818 | |
| I find it difficult to limit what/how much I eat (never-always) | 0.796 | |
| Once I start eating certain foods, I can’t stop until there’s nothing left (never-always) | 0.783 | |
| When it comes to food, I tend to overindulge (never-always) | 0.733 | |
| I don't tend to overeatb (strongly disagree-strongly agree) | 0.702 | |
| I feel unable to control my weight (strongly disagree-strongly agree) | 0.618 | |
| I binge eat (never-always) | 0.639 | |
| I eat until I feel sick (never-always) | 0.606 | |
| Low dietary control | I tend not to buy processed foods that are high in fat and/or sugarb (strongly disagree-strongly agree) | 0.818 |
| I don't eat a lot of high fat/sugar foodsb (strongly disagree-strongly agree) | 0.823 | |
| I believe I have a healthy dietb (strongly disagree-strongly agree) | 0.798 | |
| I am easily able to make healthy food choicesb (never-always) | 0.736 | |
| Despite trying to eat healthily, I end up eating ‘naughty’ foods (never-always) | 0.640 | |
| Despite being aware of its effect on my health (never-always), I continue to eat certain unhealthy foods | 0.610 |
a
Critically, factors were not determined by the different response formats used (that is, ‘never-always’/‘strongly disagree-strongly agree’).
b
Items were reverse scored prior to analyses.