BACKGROUND Research has related child participation in organized activities to health and academic benefits; however, participation may interfere with family meals. OBJECTIVE Examine whether parents perceive child participation in organized activities to interfere with family meals and how perceptions are related to the household eating environment. DESIGN A cross-sectional analysis was completed using survey data collected in 2015-2016 as part of the Project EAT (Eating and Activity in Teens and Young Adults) cohort study. PARTICIPANTS Survey participants were originally recruited in Minneapolis-St Paul schools in 1998-1999. The analytic subsample of parents (one per household, n=389, 69% female, 31% nonwhite race, mean age=31) had one or more children involved in an organized activity. Approximately 33% of households included a child aged 2 to 5 and no older child; two thirds of households included school-aged children (6 to 18 years). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Parents reported family meal frequency, family meal scheduling difficulties, frequency of at-home meal preparation, and their own intake of fast food, fruit, and vegetables. STATISTICAL ANALYSES PERFORMED Analyses compared household environment characteristics reported by parents who perceived low interference between organized activities and family meals to characteristics reported by parents who perceived moderate to high interference from at least one form of activity. Regression models included a dichotomous indicator of interference as the independent variable and were adjusted for parental and household characteristics. RESULTS Among parents with children at any age, moderate to high interference was associated with lower family meal frequency, greater difficulty scheduling family meals, and more fast-food intake (all P≤0.01). The perception of moderate to high interference was more common among parents who reported involvement in both sport and nonsport activities (P<0.001) and those with a school-aged child (P<0.001) vs those with only preschool-aged children. CONCLUSIONS Follow-up research, including qualitative studies, is needed to identify the specific aspects of child participation in organized activities (eg, scheduled time of day) that may interfere with family meals.

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父母是否认为有组织的活动会干扰家庭用餐？家长观念与家庭饮食环境各方面之间的关联

背景研究将儿童参与有组织的活动与健康和学术利益联系起来；然而，参与可能会干扰家庭用餐。目标 检查父母是否认为孩子参与有组织的活动会干扰家庭用餐，以及这些看法与家庭饮食环境有何关系。设计 使用 2015-2016 年收集的调查数据完成横断面分析，作为 EAT 项目（青少年和年轻人的饮食和活动）队列研究的一部分。参与者 调查参与者最初于 1998-1999 年在明尼阿波利斯-圣保罗学校招募。父母的分析子样本（每户一个，n=389，69% 女性，31% 非白人种族，平均年龄=31）有一个或多个孩子参与有组织的活动。大约 33% 的家庭包括 2 至 5 岁的孩子，没有年龄较大的孩子；三分之二的家庭包括学龄儿童（6 至 18 岁）。主要结局指标家长报告家庭用餐频率、家庭用餐安排困难、在家准备膳食的频率以及他们自己摄入的快餐、水果和蔬菜。执行的统计分析 分析比较了认为有组织的活动和家庭膳食之间干扰较低的父母报告的家庭环境特征与认为至少一种活动形式具有中度至高度干扰的父母报告的特征。回归模型包括作为自变量的干扰二分指标，并根据父母和家庭特征进行了调整。结果 在有任何年龄孩子的父母中，中度至高度干扰与较低的家庭进餐频率、安排家庭进餐的难度更大以及更多的快餐摄入相关（所有 P≤0.01）。报告参与体育和非体育活动的父母（P<0.001）和有学龄儿童的父母（P<0.001）与只有学龄前儿童的父母相比，中度至高度干扰的看法更常见。结论 需要包括定性研究在内的后续研究来确定儿童参与有组织的活动（例如，一天中的预定时间）可能会干扰家庭用餐的具体方面。报告参与体育和非体育活动的父母（P<0.001）和有学龄儿童的父母（P<0.001）与只有学龄前儿童的父母相比，中度至高度干扰的看法更常见。结论 需要包括定性研究在内的后续研究来确定儿童参与有组织的活动（例如，一天中的预定时间）可能会干扰家庭用餐的具体方面。报告参与体育和非体育活动的父母（P<0.001）和有学龄儿童的父母（P<0.001）与只有学龄前儿童的父母相比，中度至高度干扰的看法更常见。结论 需要包括定性研究在内的后续研究来确定儿童参与有组织的活动（例如，一天中的预定时间）可能会干扰家庭用餐的具体方面。