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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)
Guatemala
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Guatemala. 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 16, 2023 – Jan 22, 2024
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
78%
All-5
49%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
61%
Vegetables
80%
Fruits
73%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
91%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
84%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
50%
More than one sugary food or beverage
82%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
34%
Processed meats
29%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
6%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
11%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
6.1
Starchy staple foods
94%
Whole grains
83%
Foods made from grains
74%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
37%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
71%
Pulses
69%
Nuts or seeds
16%
Vegetables
80%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
40%
Dark green leafy vegetables
42%
Other vegetables
71%
Fruits
73%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
32%
Citrus
34%
Other fruits
62%
Animal-source foods
91%
Dairy
54%
Milk
32%
Yogurt
13%
Cheese
40%
Eggs
73%
Meat, poultry, or fish
68%
Fish or seafood
12%
Poultry
36%
Unprocessed red meat
38%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
29%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
20%
Fast food or instant noodles
27%
Salty or fried snacks
54%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
35%
Instant noodles
19%
Fast food
12%
Deep fried foods
26%
Sweet foods
67%
Baked or grain-based sweets
60%
Other sweets
33%
Sweet beverages
90%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
50%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
70%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
58%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night