Table 1.

Inclusion criteria according to PICOS criteria.

Criteria	Definition
Participants	Hospitalised patients ≥ 18 years old
Intervention	Any hospital food delivering practices
Comparator	Any comparator
Outcomes	Plate waste (in % or in kg), total food waste, food intake (%), energy intake (% or in kcal), protein intake (% or in g)
Study design	Peer-reviewed original experimental studies