Table 2 Food groups loading¹ > 0.15 on each of the dietary patterns identified in fathers at baseline[28]

Pattern 1 Fruits

Fruits (common fresh: 0.27, other fresh: 0.29, tinned: 0.25), whole meal crackers (0.33), confectionary (0.33), non-fried fish (0.21), ricotta and cottage cheese (0.20), salty and non-whole meal biscuits (0.20), breakfast cereal (0.18), nuts other than peanuts (0.18), yoghurt (0.17), cakes and pastries (0.17), sweet biscuits (0.15), margarine or oil on vegetables (0.17), oil and vinegar salad dressing (0.16)

Pattern 2 Potatoes and vegetables

Cooked vegetables (0.48), raw vegetables (0.45), legumes (0.42), potatoes cooked with no added fat (0.29) potatoes cooked with fat added (0.24), alcohol (0.16), cakes and pastries (-0.16)

Pattern 3 High-fat foods

Fried fish (0.35), sausages (0.34), red meat (0.29), pizza (0.27), white bread (0.27), vegetables with butter added (0.20), savory pastries (0.17), salad dressing (0.17), potatoes cooked with fat added (0.16), bread other than white (-0.23), breakfast cereals (-0.23), yoghurt (-0.19), reduced fat milk (-0.18)

Pattern 4 High energy snack and processed foods

Potato chips (0.28), chocolate products (0.28), ketchup (0.28), delicatessen meats (0.26), sweet biscuits (0.23), ice-cream (0.23), cheese (0.22), potatoes cooked with fat added (0.21),, cakes and pastries (0.20), savory pastries (0.20), potatoes cooked with no added fat (0.20), peanut products (0.18), bread other than white (0.17), yeast extract/spread (0.17), diet carbonated soft drinks (0.16), oil and vinegar salad dressing (-0.18)