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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)
Egypt
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Egypt. 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 4 – Oct 25, 2021
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
77%
All-5
37%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
41%
Vegetables
91%
Fruits
51%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
82%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
44%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
24%
More than one sugary food or beverage
40%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
15%
Processed meats
7%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
17%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
6%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
5.9
Starchy staple foods
96%
Whole grains
9%
Foods made from grains
93%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
56%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
80%
Pulses
77%
Nuts or seeds
17%
Vegetables
91%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
20%
Dark green leafy vegetables
37%
Other vegetables
87%
Fruits
51%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
13%
Citrus
2%
Other fruits
44%
Animal-source foods
95%
Dairy
82%
Milk
25%
Yogurt
10%
Cheese
75%
Eggs
56%
Meat, poultry, or fish
63%
Fish or seafood
9%
Poultry
33%
Unprocessed red meat
24%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
24%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
0%
Fast food or instant noodles
6%
Salty or fried snacks
55%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
16%
Instant noodles
6%
Fast food
0%
Deep fried foods
48%
Sweet foods
22%
Baked or grain-based sweets
12%
Other sweets
15%
Sweet beverages
93%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
24%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
88%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
15%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night