Questionnaire items (15 items) | Original construct | Item-total- correlation |
---|---|---|
I eat at religious gatherings. | Cultural/lifestyle behaviors | 0.149 |
I take time to plan meals for the coming week. | 0.156 | |
When I am upset, I tend to stop eating. | Emotional eating | -0.266 |
I eat for comfort. | 0.262 | |
My eating habits are very routine. | Haphazard planning | -0.019 |
I have at least three to four servings of vegetables per day. | 0.004 | |
I stop for a fast food breakfast on the way to work. | 0.109 | |
I would rather buy takeout food and bring it home and cook. | 0.146 | |
I never know what I am going to eat for supper when I get up in the morning. | 0.268 | |
Instead of planning meals, I choose what is available and what I feel like eating. | Low-fat eating | -0.098 |
I buy snacks from vending machines. | -0.077 | |
I like to eat vegetables seasoned with fatty meat. | -0.009 | |
Fish and poultry are the only meats I eat. | 0.225 | |
I eat meatless meals from time to time because I think that is healthier for me. | 0.311 | |
I try to limit my intake of red meat (beef, mutton and pork). | 0.394 |