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Use the following resources to conduct your own diet quality survey and analyze the results.
- DQQ translated into the national language(s) and in English
- IYCF DQQ: Companion questionnaire for infants and young children (age 6-23 months)
Afghanistan
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Afghanistan. Accessed at dietquality.org on August 15, 2025.You are free to use the Diet Quality Questionnaires (DQQ), under the terms of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license under which they are published. You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made during use. No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted, meaning you cannot distribute a modified form of the work.
- BY: Credit must be given to the creator.
- NC: Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.
- ND: No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted.
Required citation for use of the Required citation for use of the country-level results (for example, MDD-W prevalence in a country):
Global Diet Quality Project. 2024. “DQQ Results Dataset 2021-2024.” Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/doi:10.7910/DVN/KY3W8A. Accessed at dietquality.org on August 15, 2025.You are free to use the DQQ data, under the terms of the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license under which they are published. You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
- BY: Credit must be given to the creator.
- NC: Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.
- SA: Adaptations must be shared under the same terms.
Required citation for use of the Gallup World Poll microdata:
Global Diet Quality Project. 2024. “DQQ Microdata 2021-2024.” Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/doi:10.7910/DVN/PWWJSA.Indicators
Data collected Aug 20, 2022 – Aug 19, 2023
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
30%
All-5
20%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
24%
Vegetables
78%
Fruits
48%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
47%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
49%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
8%
More than one sugary food or beverage
49%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
2%
Processed meats
0%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
7%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
15%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
4.1
Starchy staple foods
98%
Whole grains
12%
Foods made from grains
95%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
52%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
40%
Pulses
31%
Nuts or seeds
15%
Vegetables
78%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
10%
Dark green leafy vegetables
17%
Other vegetables
74%
Fruits
48%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
17%
Citrus
3%
Other fruits
42%
Animal-source foods
73%
Dairy
64%
Milk
21%
Yogurt
57%
Cheese
9%
Eggs
20%
Meat, poultry, or fish
25%
Fish or seafood
1%
Poultry
7%
Unprocessed red meat
19%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
19%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
0%
Fast food or instant noodles
3%
Salty or fried snacks
11%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
3%
Instant noodles
2%
Fast food
1%
Deep fried foods
8%
Sweet foods
56%
Baked or grain-based sweets
15%
Other sweets
52%
Sweet beverages
73%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
8%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
68%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
6%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night