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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)
Ecuador
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Ecuador. 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 Sep 24 – Nov 7, 2021
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
84%
All-5
44%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
52%
Vegetables
83%
Fruits
85%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
66%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
70%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
29%
More than one sugary food or beverage
64%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
16%
Processed meats
24%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
14%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
6%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
6.4
Starchy staple foods
96%
Whole grains
30%
Foods made from grains
88%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
70%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
55%
Pulses
51%
Nuts or seeds
12%
Vegetables
83%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
52%
Dark green leafy vegetables
28%
Other vegetables
76%
Fruits
85%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
38%
Citrus
59%
Other fruits
68%
Animal-source foods
97%
Dairy
72%
Milk
41%
Yogurt
18%
Cheese
55%
Eggs
67%
Meat, poultry, or fish
87%
Fish or seafood
36%
Poultry
57%
Unprocessed red meat
45%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
34%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
20%
Fast food or instant noodles
10%
Salty or fried snacks
31%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
14%
Instant noodles
8%
Fast food
3%
Deep fried foods
19%
Sweet foods
38%
Baked or grain-based sweets
21%
Other sweets
26%
Sweet beverages
86%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
29%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
70%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
46%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night