Table 2.

Factor loadings of food groups present in the dietary patterns identified among adolescents from HELENA-Europe 2006/2007 study.

	HELENA-EUROPE
Food Groups	Boys			Girls
	Western	Traditional European	Breakfast	Breakfast	Western	Traditional European	Monotonous
Bread and rolls	0.53	0.36	0.12	0.54	0.15	0.11	0.30
Breakfast cereals	0.17	−0.12	0.53	0.36	−0.35	0.05	−0.23
Cereals	0.06	0.49	−0.11	−0.02	−0.05	0.11	0.69
Sweet bakery products	−0.06	0.27	0.09	0.00	0.33	0.23	−0.10
Savory snacks	0.39	0.07	−0.19	−0.02	0.52	0.11	0.00
Sugar, honey, syrup	0.29	0.04	0.21	0.41	0.03	0.21	−0.05
Non-chocolate confectionery	0.41	−0.03	−0.04	0.26	0.33	−0.02	−0.16
Chocolate	0.43	−0.05	−0.03	0.16	0.42	−0.02	−0.03
Vegetable oils, nuts, seeds	−0.04	0.75	−0.09	−0.05	−0.03	0.67	0.17
Butter, animal fats and margarine	0.54	0.01	0.23	0.64	−0.02	−0.14	0.10
Sauces	0.37	−0.01	−0.07	0.28	0.12	−0.25	0.24
Pulses	−0.21	0.36	0.07	−0.10	−0.13	0.33	−0.15
Vegetables	0.05	0.61	0.19	0.12	−0.03	0.53	0.20
Starchy roots and potatoes	0.19	−0.25	0.24	0.23	0.10	−0.13	−0.24
Fruits	0.02	0.17	0.45	0.39	−0.15	0.18	−0.22
Soups and bouillon	−0.08	−0.01	0.25	−0.04	0.20	0.16	−0.31
Coffee and tea	0.30	0.07	−0.18	0.37	0.12	0.14	−0.05
Fruit and vegetable juices	0.20	−0.01	0.13	0.15	0.09	−0.09	0.00
Sugar-sweetened beverages	0.51	−0.08	−0.38	0.23	0.54	−0.12	−0.06
Alcoholic beverages	0.17	0.05	−0.25	−0.08	0.32	0.09	−0.07
Meat, chicken, sausages and ham	0.18	0.18	0.12	0.15	0.11	−0.10	0.16
Fish	−0.21	0.14	0.24	−0.10	−0.17	0.27	−0.13
Eggs	0.00	0.17	0.18	0.08	0.07	0.49	−0.11
Milk	−0.07	−0.02	0.68	0.28	−0.49	0.13	−0.10
Dairy products	0.10	−0.15	0.34	0.27	−0.14	−0.17	−0.23
Cheese	0.30	0.52	−0.08	0.21	0.06	0.10	0.59
Other milk products	0.16	0.02	0.01	0.20	0.17	−0.08	−0.15
Mixed products	−0.04	0.04	0.15	0.01	0.03	0.16	0.02
Variance explained (%) in each factor	7.3	7.2	6.4	6.8	5.5	5.7	5.4
Total variance explained (%)	20.9			24.0

Factors loadings >0.30 positive and negative are shown in bold. Abbreviations: HELENA (Health Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence).