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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)
India
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for India. 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 30 – Nov 18, 2021
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
41%
All-5
28%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
35%
Vegetables
71%
Fruits
44%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
87%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
44%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
13%
More than one sugary food or beverage
39%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
19%
Processed meats
6%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
11%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
22%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
4.6
Starchy staple foods
95%
Whole grains
67%
Foods made from grains
77%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
55%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
67%
Pulses
64%
Nuts or seeds
18%
Vegetables
71%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
23%
Dark green leafy vegetables
26%
Other vegetables
65%
Fruits
44%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
20%
Citrus
14%
Other fruits
38%
Animal-source foods
78%
Dairy
70%
Milk
63%
Yogurt
35%
Cheese
9%
Eggs
25%
Meat, poultry, or fish
28%
Fish or seafood
16%
Poultry
14%
Unprocessed red meat
11%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
11%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
2%
Fast food or instant noodles
13%
Salty or fried snacks
38%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
27%
Instant noodles
11%
Fast food
3%
Deep fried foods
23%
Sweet foods
39%
Baked or grain-based sweets
33%
Other sweets
17%
Sweet beverages
68%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
13%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
64%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
14%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night