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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)
Bangladesh
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Bangladesh. 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 Mar 27 – Apr 30, 2022
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
59%
All-5
22%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
27%
Vegetables
81%
Fruits
39%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
74%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
43%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
11%
More than one sugary food or beverage
40%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
13%
Processed meats
2%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
11%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
14%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
4.8
Starchy staple foods
100%
Whole grains
39%
Foods made from grains
99%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
70%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
61%
Pulses
58%
Nuts or seeds
9%
Vegetables
81%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
21%
Dark green leafy vegetables
38%
Other vegetables
69%
Fruits
39%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
10%
Citrus
14%
Other fruits
28%
Animal-source foods
88%
Dairy
29%
Milk
23%
Yogurt
8%
Cheese
3%
Eggs
36%
Meat, poultry, or fish
79%
Fish or seafood
71%
Poultry
18%
Unprocessed red meat
10%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
10%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
0%
Fast food or instant noodles
10%
Salty or fried snacks
40%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
21%
Instant noodles
10%
Fast food
1%
Deep fried foods
24%
Sweet foods
53%
Baked or grain-based sweets
45%
Other sweets
23%
Sweet beverages
52%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
11%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
47%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
7%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night