Development of a Dietary Factor Assessment Tool for Evaluating Associations between Visceral Fat Accumulation and Major Nutrients in Japanese Adults

Table 2

Factor analysis of 35 dietary habit questions in Survey 1 and Survey 2.

	Appetite	Healthy food choice	Sedentary behavior	Calorie restriction	Irregular mealtime
Eigenvalue	3.341	1.874	1.803	1.661	1.643
% of variance	9.547	5.354	5.151	4.746	4.695
Cumulative % of variance	9.547	14.900	20.051	24.797	29.492
If someone around me is eating, I end up eating with them	0.763	−0.046	0.059	0.039	0.044
Even if I’m not hungry, if it smells good, I eat it	0.746	−0.021	0.045	0.037	0.036
I can’t help myself from eating when fruits or snacks are out	0.686	−0.094	0.026	0.043	0.010
I eat anything that people give me because otherwise I feel that it’s wasteful	0.551	−0.028	−0.008	0.043	0.073
I overeat when I am depressed	0.533	0.012	0.042	0.212	0.083
I don’t have a sweet tooth	0.523	−0.080	0.019	0.084	−0.033
I feel uneasy if I don’t buy more than what is needed for food	0.420	0.069	0.084	0.071	0.063
I like hamburgers, donuts, and potato chips	0.329	−0.281	0.044	0.024	0.057
I think that I will be miserable if I don’t eat	0.319	0.026	−0.023	−0.064	−0.008
I feel like I’m hungry all day	0.309	0.016	−0.026	0.180	0.044
I have late night snacks	0.261	−0.057	0.028	−0.045	0.261
I often have a late night meal after dinner	0.245	−0.003	0.033	−0.041	0.121
I get nervous easily	0.169	−0.021	0.081	0.018	0.011
I hardly chew my food at all	0.128	−0.126	0.145	0.015	0.087
I think I eat faster than others	0.099	−0.016	−0.025	0.089	0.023
I proactively choose foods with lots of dietary fiber	0.071	0.666	−0.131	0.248	−0.103
I try to hold off on animal fats and instead get plant-based or fish fats	−0.049	0.653	−0.046	0.219	−0.059
I am proactive in eating green and yellow vegetables	0.073	0.636	−0.145	0.171	−0.106
I like fish more than meat	−0.074	0.485	−0.003	0.025	0.007
I am cooperative	0.074	0.085	−0.011	0.005	0.003
I don’t exercise much	0.024	−0.038	0.901	−0.065	0.022
I think I am more out of shape than overeating	0.015	−0.016	0.728	−0.024	0.021
I don’t like walking or biking	0.032	−0.143	0.393	0.028	0.038
If there is an elevator or escalator I use it	0.124	−0.174	0.313	−0.046	0.088
I am lazy	0.210	−0.119	0.241	−0.016	0.088
I am proactive	0.002	0.085	−0.119	0.041	0.005
I consciously hold back from eating too much to avoid weight gain	−0.036	0.167	−0.093	0.661	−0.081
I eat less because I feel guilty about overeating	0.126	0.065	−0.012	0.639	−0.021
I try to buy lower calorie foods	0.070	0.303	−0.033	0.609	−0.035
I think I tend to gain weight more readily than others	0.266	0.059	0.053	0.410	0.038
I am insightful	−0.035	0.042	−0.005	0.069	−0.025
I often have a delayed dinner because of work	0.091	−0.040	0.040	0.001	0.813
My mealtimes are irregular	0.106	−0.120	0.079	0.018	0.646
I am a night owl who doesn’t do well in the morning	0.081	−0.112	0.165	−0.031	0.190
I finish dinner 2 or more hours earlier than bedtime	−0.019	0.045	−0.013	0.089	−0.599