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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
Costa Rica
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Costa Rica. 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 27, 2023 – Jan 28, 2024
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
71%
All-5
41%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
46%
Vegetables
74%
Fruits
72%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
76%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
83%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
38%
More than one sugary food or beverage
73%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
36%
Processed meats
45%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
7%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
12%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
5.9
Starchy staple foods
93%
Whole grains
24%
Foods made from grains
89%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
47%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
71%
Pulses
67%
Nuts or seeds
13%
Vegetables
74%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
32%
Dark green leafy vegetables
13%
Other vegetables
70%
Fruits
72%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
27%
Citrus
34%
Other fruits
62%
Animal-source foods
95%
Dairy
61%
Milk
37%
Yogurt
13%
Cheese
41%
Eggs
70%
Meat, poultry, or fish
88%
Fish or seafood
30%
Poultry
40%
Unprocessed red meat
49%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
28%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
31%
Fast food or instant noodles
17%
Salty or fried snacks
50%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
27%
Instant noodles
8%
Fast food
10%
Deep fried foods
32%
Sweet foods
64%
Baked or grain-based sweets
51%
Other sweets
36%
Sweet beverages
86%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
38%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
71%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
40%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night