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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)
Brazil
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Brazil. 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 11 – Dec 3, 2023
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
75%
All-5
47%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
51%
Vegetables
69%
Fruits
74%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
84%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
84%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
41%
More than one sugary food or beverage
77%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
22%
Processed meats
47%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
5%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
14%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
5.8
Starchy staple foods
96%
Whole grains
29%
Foods made from grains
94%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
35%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
80%
Pulses
78%
Nuts or seeds
11%
Vegetables
69%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
34%
Dark green leafy vegetables
19%
Other vegetables
58%
Fruits
74%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
24%
Citrus
35%
Other fruits
61%
Animal-source foods
97%
Dairy
63%
Milk
46%
Yogurt
16%
Cheese
29%
Eggs
46%
Meat, poultry, or fish
93%
Fish or seafood
12%
Poultry
47%
Unprocessed red meat
61%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
52%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
19%
Fast food or instant noodles
14%
Salty or fried snacks
33%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
11%
Instant noodles
13%
Fast food
2%
Deep fried foods
18%
Sweet foods
64%
Baked or grain-based sweets
53%
Other sweets
32%
Sweet beverages
92%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
41%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
75%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
44%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night