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. 2021 Aug 26;16(8):e0254948. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254948

Table 2. 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 0.748
Do you believe that strict consuming only of healthy food may improve your appearance? 12 0.688
Would you agree that eating healthy food increases your self-esteem? 10 0.667
In the last three months, did thoughts of food make you feel guilt, ashamed and anxious? 3 0.779
Does thinking about food excessively worry you for more than three hours a day? 7 0.631
Are your rigid and restrictive dietary choices conditioned by your worry about your health status? 4 0.559
Percentage of variance explained 50.07 26.53 23.54
Cronbach’s alpha 0.755 0.787 0.704