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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)
Congo
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Congo. 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 Jul 29 – Sep 18, 2023
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
45%
All-5
20%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
26%
Vegetables
77%
Fruits
46%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
57%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
45%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
22%
More than one sugary food or beverage
41%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
7%
Processed meats
17%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
10%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
17%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
4.4
Starchy staple foods
90%
Whole grains
10%
Foods made from grains
56%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
76%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
54%
Pulses
28%
Nuts or seeds
36%
Vegetables
77%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
17%
Dark green leafy vegetables
61%
Other vegetables
45%
Fruits
46%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
14%
Citrus
27%
Other fruits
25%
Animal-source foods
75%
Dairy
31%
Milk
25%
Yogurt
10%
Cheese
6%
Eggs
15%
Meat, poultry, or fish
67%
Fish or seafood
41%
Poultry
25%
Unprocessed red meat
20%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
8%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
15%
Fast food or instant noodles
4%
Salty or fried snacks
16%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
5%
Instant noodles
0%
Fast food
4%
Deep fried foods
13%
Sweet foods
46%
Baked or grain-based sweets
41%
Other sweets
18%
Sweet beverages
51%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
22%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
32%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
19%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night