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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)
Colombia
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Colombia. 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 Dec 5, 2021 – Feb 7, 2022
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
72%
All-5
31%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
47%
Vegetables
79%
Fruits
75%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
67%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
69%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
28%
More than one sugary food or beverage
59%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
22%
Processed meats
33%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
14%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
9%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
5.9
Starchy staple foods
97%
Whole grains
40%
Foods made from grains
89%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
66%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
46%
Pulses
41%
Nuts or seeds
9%
Vegetables
79%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
49%
Dark green leafy vegetables
16%
Other vegetables
69%
Fruits
75%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
30%
Citrus
39%
Other fruits
56%
Animal-source foods
97%
Dairy
62%
Milk
36%
Yogurt
14%
Cheese
40%
Eggs
75%
Meat, poultry, or fish
86%
Fish or seafood
18%
Poultry
43%
Unprocessed red meat
54%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
40%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
23%
Fast food or instant noodles
12%
Salty or fried snacks
35%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
16%
Instant noodles
9%
Fast food
3%
Deep fried foods
21%
Sweet foods
49%
Baked or grain-based sweets
34%
Other sweets
29%
Sweet beverages
74%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
28%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
46%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
47%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night