Table 2.

Results of exploratory factor analysis of Eating Attitude Test-40

Items	Components
	Eating behavior	Diet-related life style	Weight concern	Food preoccupation
Become anxious prior to eating	0.719
Feel terrified about being overweight	0.713
Feel that food controls my life	0.673
Engage in dieting behavior	0.570
Exercise strenuously to burn off calories	0.541
Enjoy trying new rich foods	−0.519
Eat diet foods	0.434
Other people think that I am very thin	0.412
Aware of the calorie content of foods that I eat	0.402
Cut my food into small pieces	0.395
Avoid foods with sugar in them	0.393
Display self-control around food	0.342
Have gone on eating binges where I feel that I may not be able to stop	0.332
Wake up early in the morning		0.607
Find myself preoccupied with food		0.578
Suffer from constipation		0.525
Vomit after I have eaten		0.477
Take laxatives		0.425
Give too much time and thought to food		0.417
Like eating with other people		0.382
Enjoy eating at restaurants			0.617
Take more time than others to eat my meals			0.540
Particularly avoid food with a high carbohydrate content (i.e., bread, rice)			0.534
Feel that others would prefer if I ate more			0.476
Feel preoccupied with a desire to be thinner			0.436
Have regular menstrual periods			−0.408
Have the impulse to vomit after meals			−0.354
Avoid eating when I am hungry			0.334
Feel extremely guilty after eating			0.304
Am preoccupied with the thought of having fat on my body			−0.301
Weigh myself several times a day				0.621
Feel that others pressure me to eat				0.608
Feel uncomfortable after eating sweets				0.536
Think about burning up calories when I exercise				0.526
Feel bloated after meals				0.516
Eat the same foods day after day				0.426
Like my stomach to be empty				0.317