User:Bluerasberry/Food sharing

Food sharing is the social practice of people exchanging food in a common meal. Common examples of this include families preparing and eating a meal together, members of a community gathering together to share a meal for a celebration, a group of people dining at a restaurant, or any two people eating together for any reason. Food sharing has cultural significance and is a social ritual which develops the relationship among everyone who participates in the meal.

Contemporary trends
Food sharing is less common in contemporary society than it was in the past. Families are less likely to share meals together.

Food sharing by region
A 2014 study by OECD made a general global claim that students who sometimes share a meal with their families are less likely to miss days going to school.

Evolutionary models of food sharing
Various theories of human behavior and animal behavior claim that social evolution leads people and animals to share food as a way to increase the fitness of a community and increase the likelihood of success among more community participants.

Research
Claude Fischler