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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
China
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for China. 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 26, 2021 – Jan 16, 2022
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
86%
All-5
55%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
64%
Vegetables
93%
Fruits
79%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
79%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
48%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
12%
More than one sugary food or beverage
25%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
19%
Processed meats
33%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
30%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
4%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
6.7
Starchy staple foods
96%
Whole grains
40%
Foods made from grains
93%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
54%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
70%
Pulses
58%
Nuts or seeds
38%
Vegetables
93%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
48%
Dark green leafy vegetables
77%
Other vegetables
69%
Fruits
79%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
16%
Citrus
53%
Other fruits
62%
Animal-source foods
95%
Dairy
43%
Milk
33%
Yogurt
21%
Cheese
4%
Eggs
66%
Meat, poultry, or fish
85%
Fish or seafood
31%
Poultry
30%
Unprocessed red meat
71%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
25%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
61%
Fast food or instant noodles
18%
Salty or fried snacks
32%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
9%
Instant noodles
15%
Fast food
4%
Deep fried foods
17%
Sweet foods
39%
Baked or grain-based sweets
31%
Other sweets
17%
Sweet beverages
28%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
12%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
17%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
11%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night