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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)
Albania
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Albania. 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 Oct 1 – Nov 13, 2022
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
91%
All-5
52%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
57%
Vegetables
94%
Fruits
88%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
67%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
74%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
35%
More than one sugary food or beverage
67%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
30%
Processed meats
34%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
12%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
2%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
6.6
Starchy staple foods
99%
Whole grains
21%
Foods made from grains
97%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
50%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
61%
Pulses
37%
Nuts or seeds
39%
Vegetables
94%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
46%
Dark green leafy vegetables
21%
Other vegetables
91%
Fruits
88%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
22%
Citrus
9%
Other fruits
86%
Animal-source foods
98%
Dairy
94%
Milk
40%
Yogurt
69%
Cheese
80%
Eggs
60%
Meat, poultry, or fish
76%
Fish or seafood
11%
Poultry
21%
Unprocessed red meat
48%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
38%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
12%
Fast food or instant noodles
10%
Salty or fried snacks
49%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
24%
Instant noodles
2%
Fast food
9%
Deep fried foods
40%
Sweet foods
58%
Baked or grain-based sweets
40%
Other sweets
40%
Sweet beverages
85%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
35%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
71%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
37%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night