article_snippet.sent: We get on better with each other over a meal, according to researchers who said it makes everyone from work colleagues to children seem more pleasant.
article_snippet.sent: About a fifth of the 1,000 meetings recorded took place over a meal, the journal Physiology and Behavior reports.
article_snippet.sent: : The study found that people can talk about tricky subjects far easier over a meal .
article_snippet.sent: The study is also possible that shared meals enhance our inbuilt desire to be accepted and to please others.
article_snippet.sent: Marije aan het Rot, of the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, said that tricky topics might be best tackled over a meal.
article_snippet.sent: Bosses and employees and also parents and children, might all find it easier to get on at the table while dinner may not be the best idea for a first date.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Rot said the people in Dr Rot study knew each other and the effect of a sharing a meal might be different among strangers.
article_snippet.sent: Apart from anything else, meals can be lengthy and people meeting for the first time might struggle to come up with enough conversation.