Table 1.

Factor analysis of the ORTO-R scale items using the varimax rotation among Lebanese sample

Variable	Item number from ORTO-15	Factor 1	Factor 2
Does eating healthy food change your lifestyle (frequency of eating out, friends, etc.)?	11	0.896
Do you believe that strict consuming only of healthy food may improve your appearance?	12	0.821
Would you agree that eating healthy food increases your self-esteem?	10	0.770
In the last three months, did thoughts of food make you feel guilt, ashamed and anxious?	3		0.831
Does thinking about food excessively worry you for more than three hours a day?	7		0.824
Are your rigid and restrictive dietary choices conditioned by your worry about your health status?	4		0.760
Percentage of variance explained		45.62	22.59
Cronbach’s alpha	0.751	0.771	0.722