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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)
Botswana
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Botswana. 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 4 – Oct 29, 2023
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
37%
All-5
11%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
21%
Vegetables
69%
Fruits
47%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
46%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
64%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
33%
More than one sugary food or beverage
57%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
27%
Processed meats
18%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
4%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
23%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
3.8
Starchy staple foods
90%
Whole grains
36%
Foods made from grains
77%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
23%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
21%
Pulses
13%
Nuts or seeds
11%
Vegetables
69%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
16%
Dark green leafy vegetables
39%
Other vegetables
54%
Fruits
47%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
5%
Citrus
29%
Other fruits
30%
Animal-source foods
74%
Dairy
29%
Milk
19%
Yogurt
12%
Cheese
4%
Eggs
15%
Meat, poultry, or fish
68%
Fish or seafood
8%
Poultry
22%
Unprocessed red meat
44%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
42%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
4%
Fast food or instant noodles
8%
Salty or fried snacks
54%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
34%
Instant noodles
4%
Fast food
5%
Deep fried foods
37%
Sweet foods
47%
Baked or grain-based sweets
24%
Other sweets
36%
Sweet beverages
83%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
33%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
66%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
22%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night