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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)
Cameroon
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Cameroon. Accessed at dietquality.org on October 21, 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 October 21, 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 Jul 8 – Aug 1, 2021
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
53%
All-5
26%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
37%
Vegetables
70%
Fruits
64%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
72%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
46%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
21%
More than one sugary food or beverage
44%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
6%
Processed meats
6%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
15%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
14%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
4.7
Starchy staple foods
93%
Whole grains
42%
Foods made from grains
73%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
42%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
58%
Pulses
27%
Nuts or seeds
43%
Vegetables
70%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
13%
Dark green leafy vegetables
45%
Other vegetables
44%
Fruits
64%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
38%
Citrus
11%
Other fruits
45%
Animal-source foods
79%
Dairy
30%
Milk
23%
Yogurt
14%
Cheese
3%
Eggs
22%
Meat, poultry, or fish
70%
Fish or seafood
49%
Poultry
12%
Unprocessed red meat
32%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
24%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
13%
Fast food or instant noodles
5%
Salty or fried snacks
21%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
5%
Instant noodles
2%
Fast food
3%
Deep fried foods
17%
Sweet foods
50%
Baked or grain-based sweets
43%
Other sweets
20%
Sweet beverages
52%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
21%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
35%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
16%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night