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Table 3

Factor loadings based upon correlation matrix

Item	Food as identity	Comfort eating	Food as necessity
I am passionate about food	0.71	0.41	−0.18
I love to eat	0.4	0.55	−0.24
I love to cook	0.61	0.14	−0.16
Food is my passion; I am a food connoisseur	0.74	0.35	−0.09
Food is sacred; I eat the way nature intended	0.5	0.05	0.28
Food is social; I eat to be with friends and family	0.29	0.37	0.01
Food is a symbol; what I eat says something about who I am	0.52	0.23	0.2
Food is fuel; I primarily eat to get calories and nutrients	0.12	−0.05	0.56
Food is a necessity; I only spend what I have toon food to get by	0.01	−0.04	0.73
Food is comforting; I eat to reduce stress and relax	0.15	0.65	0.1
Food is my enemy; I am always on a diet	−0.08	0.04	0.29
Proportion of total variance explained	0.20	0.11	0.11
Proportion of the explained variance attributable to the factor	0.48	0.27	0.26

Item	Food as identity	Comfort eating	Food as necessity
I am passionate about food	0.71	0.41	−0.18
I love to eat	0.4	0.55	−0.24
I love to cook	0.61	0.14	−0.16
Food is my passion; I am a food connoisseur	0.74	0.35	−0.09
Food is sacred; I eat the way nature intended	0.5	0.05	0.28
Food is social; I eat to be with friends and family	0.29	0.37	0.01
Food is a symbol; what I eat says something about who I am	0.52	0.23	0.2
Food is fuel; I primarily eat to get calories and nutrients	0.12	−0.05	0.56
Food is a necessity; I only spend what I have toon food to get by	0.01	−0.04	0.73
Food is comforting; I eat to reduce stress and relax	0.15	0.65	0.1
Food is my enemy; I am always on a diet	−0.08	0.04	0.29
Proportion of total variance explained	0.20	0.11	0.11
Proportion of the explained variance attributable to the factor	0.48	0.27	0.26

Source(s): Authors’ work