Snacking pattern of college students in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study

BMC Nutrition

Table 2 Factor loadings matrix of seven snacking patterns

	Convenience snack	Fast foods	Sweet snacks	Healthy snacks	Beverages	Dairy products and substitutes	Caffeinated drinks
Cheese	0.827	0.165		0.128
Sandwiches	0.787		0.168	0.138
Chips	0.736	0.184	0.219		0.158
Pudding	0.713	0.234	0.102	0.168	0.131	0.110
Cereal	0.569	0.458		0.156
Ice cream	0.518	0.353	0.504
Yogurt	0.452		0.226	0.382	−0.145	0.410
Burger	0.126	0.860	0.318	0.104
Pasta	0.306	0.803				0.117
Fries	0.189	0.742	0.261	0.133	0.268
Pizza	0.215	0.699	0.272		−0.123		0.103
Sweet Milk		0.457	0.330	−0.201	0.334	0.428
Candy	0.231	0.218	0.808	0.117	0.127
Chocolate	0.125		0.795
Cookies	0.165	0.332	0.765	0.131
Pastry	0.405	0.329	0.525	0.132	−0.131	0.284	0.159
Vegetables	0.203	0.104	0.100	0.827
Fruit	0.152		0.157	0.816	0.110
Fruit Juices			0.110	0.172	0.693
Energy drinks				−0.151	0.662	0.218	0.188
Greek yogurt				0.421	0.506	0.320
Milk alternative				0.111		0.781	0.126
Soft drinks	−0.209	0.380	0.340	−0.147	0.219	0.528
Tea							0.809
Coffee	0.177	0.116	0.185			0.115	0.737
Milk	0.127			0.378	0.258	0.698
Granola	0.381	0.143	0.142	0.399	0.175
Total variance	14.5%	13.2%	11.6%	8.4%	6.2%	5.7%	4.9%

Factor loadings > 0.3 are highlighted in boldAbsolute values < 0.3 were excluded for simplicity

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