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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

Switzerland
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Switzerland. 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 10 – Sep 12, 2023
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
91%
All-5
56%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
77%
Vegetables
98%
Fruits
93%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
84%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
76%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
25%
More than one sugary food or beverage
64%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
24%
Processed meats
40%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
17%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
0%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
7
Starchy staple foods
98%
Whole grains
58%
Foods made from grains
90%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
55%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
63%
Pulses
30%
Nuts or seeds
47%
Vegetables
98%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
49%
Dark green leafy vegetables
61%
Other vegetables
90%
Fruits
93%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
50%
Citrus
11%
Other fruits
86%
Animal-source foods
98%
Dairy
87%
Milk
41%
Yogurt
49%
Cheese
63%
Eggs
46%
Meat, poultry, or fish
73%
Fish or seafood
26%
Poultry
11%
Unprocessed red meat
42%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
31%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
21%
Fast food or instant noodles
18%
Salty or fried snacks
39%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
15%
Instant noodles
17%
Fast food
2%
Deep fried foods
18%
Sweet foods
67%
Baked or grain-based sweets
32%
Other sweets
52%
Sweet beverages
76%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
25%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
48%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
38%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night