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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)
Benin
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Benin. 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 26 – Sep 14, 2021
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
42%
All-5
21%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
28%
Vegetables
77%
Fruits
44%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
72%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
28%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
11%
More than one sugary food or beverage
24%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
6%
Processed meats
7%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
14%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
15%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
4.4
Starchy staple foods
95%
Whole grains
41%
Foods made from grains
88%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
38%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
55%
Pulses
42%
Nuts or seeds
32%
Vegetables
77%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
11%
Dark green leafy vegetables
54%
Other vegetables
51%
Fruits
44%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
6%
Citrus
33%
Other fruits
18%
Animal-source foods
73%
Dairy
30%
Milk
13%
Yogurt
11%
Cheese
19%
Eggs
18%
Meat, poultry, or fish
63%
Fish or seafood
43%
Poultry
11%
Unprocessed red meat
25%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
21%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
7%
Fast food or instant noodles
2%
Salty or fried snacks
25%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
3%
Instant noodles
0%
Fast food
2%
Deep fried foods
24%
Sweet foods
37%
Baked or grain-based sweets
32%
Other sweets
13%
Sweet beverages
29%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
11%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
14%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
13%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night