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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)
- Country brief
Ghana
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Ghana. 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 Aug 27 – Oct 5, 2021
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
44%
All-5
20%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
35%
Vegetables
86%
Fruits
46%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
80%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
40%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
18%
More than one sugary food or beverage
35%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
11%
Processed meats
6%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
16%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
10%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
4.5
Starchy staple foods
98%
Whole grains
67%
Foods made from grains
70%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
48%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
44%
Pulses
17%
Nuts or seeds
33%
Vegetables
86%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
10%
Dark green leafy vegetables
23%
Other vegetables
82%
Fruits
46%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
10%
Citrus
23%
Other fruits
31%
Animal-source foods
85%
Dairy
25%
Milk
17%
Yogurt
6%
Cheese
5%
Eggs
37%
Meat, poultry, or fish
74%
Fish or seafood
57%
Poultry
18%
Unprocessed red meat
27%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
23%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
5%
Fast food or instant noodles
14%
Salty or fried snacks
34%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
5%
Instant noodles
11%
Fast food
4%
Deep fried foods
26%
Sweet foods
35%
Baked or grain-based sweets
24%
Other sweets
19%
Sweet beverages
47%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
18%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
27%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
19%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night