Family dinners more frequent during pandemic - study

• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Published date: 04 October 2021
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

According to the study, families have been gathering for dinner five times a week compared to only four times before the coronavirus pandemic.

58% of people, consisting of mostly millennials, who participated in the study, said that dinnertime is the most relaxing part of the day.

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Family meals would also include close friends, neighbors and colleagues, the study states, as many Americans would consider them to be part of the family.

Furthermore, more than two-thirds of Americans in the survey stated that they "added a new family member" during the course of the pandemic.

The study also concluded that since parents have spent more time with their children...