The ways people eat (7)
I believe the answer is:
courses
'the ways' is the definition.
(course is a kind of way)
I can't explain the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for courses that I've seen before include "Separate dishes in meal" , "training modules" , "starters, perhaps" , "Directions or curricula" , "Each of the successive parts of a meal" .)