How Eating Alone Is Radically Changing Our Diets • Discoverology

How Eating Alone Is Radically Changing Our Diets

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Eating alone has become a defining feature of modern life: the breakfasting commuter; the household members with conflicting schedules; the widower who receives few visitors.

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