Table 3.
Factor analysis of the Eating Habits Questionnaire (EHQ) items in a Lebanese Sample.
| Factor Analysis of the EHQ Items According to the Promax Rotation in Lebanon. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question | Item Number | Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 3 | h2 Communalities | Item-Factor Correlation * |
| I turn down social offers that involve eating unhealthy food. | 2 | 0.452 | 0.531 | 0.812 | ||
| I follow a diet with many rules. | 4 | 0.602 | 0.567 | 0.795 | ||
| I am distracted by thoughts of eating healthily. | 6 | 0.738 | 0.552 | 0.8001 | ||
| I only eat what my diet allows. | 7 | 0.722 | 0.571 | 0.838 | ||
| My healthy eating is a significant source of stress in my relationships. | 8 | 0.828 | 0.696 | 0.834 | ||
| My diet affects the type of employment I would take. | 10 | 0.782 | 0.642 | 0.813 | ||
| In the past year, friends or family members have told me that I’m overly concerned with eating healthily. | 13 | 0.705 | 0.557 | 0.866 | ||
| I have difficulty finding restaurants that serve the foods I eat. | 14 | 0.552 | 0.536 | 0.832 | ||
| Few foods are healthy for me to eat. | 16 | 0.466 | 0.720 | 0.773 | ||
| I go out less since I began eating healthily. | 17 | 0.677 | 0.545 | 0.846 | ||
| I spend more than three hours a day thinking about healthy food. | 18 | 0.737 | 0.585 | 0.844 | ||
| I follow a health-food diet rigidly. | 20 | 0.738 | 0.565 | 0.856 | ||
| I am more informed than others about healthy eating. | 1 | 0.775 | 0.603 | 0.698 | ||
| The way my food is prepared is important in my diet. | 3 | 0.799 | 0.656 | 0.702 | ||
| My eating habits are superior to others. | 5 | 0.658 | 0.599 | 0.787 | ||
| My diet is better than other people’s diets. | 11 | 0.751 | 0.595 | 0.832 | ||
| I prepare food in the most healthful way. | 21 | 0.668 | 0.516 | 0.764 | ||
| I have made efforts to eat more healthily over time. | 9 | 0.566 | 0.535 | 0.595 | ||
| I feel in control when I eat healthily. | 12 | 0.677 | 0.642 | 0.749 | ||
| Eating the way I do gives me a sense of satisfaction. | 15 | 0.707 | 0.617 | 0.629 | ||
| I feel great when I eat healthily. | 19 | 0.635 | 0.509 | 0.493 | ||
| Percentage of variance explained | 58.76 | 45.77 | 8.22 | 7.77 | ||
| Cronbach’s alpha | 0.969 | 0.969 | 0.893 | 0.807 | ||
* p < 0.001 for all correlations; KMO = 0.944; Bartlett’s test of sphericity p < 0.001. h2 communalities indicate the total amount of variance a variable shares with all other variables in the factor analysis.