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The patients have a mean 3.1 \u00b1 2.2 day length of hospital stay. In relation to the FW of the dish per ward, that in the Ped ward it was 72.6%, Med 47.5%, Onc 46.9% and Ort 58.4% (\u03c1 = 0.027). The FW for Ped soup was 67.1%, Med 30.9%, Onc 29.4% and Ort 35.2% (\u03c1 = 0.018). The FW values are high, especially in the paediatric ward. 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