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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
Iran
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Iran. 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 Nov 23 – Nov 27, 2023
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
81%
All-5
48%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
61%
Vegetables
88%
Fruits
80%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
80%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
61%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
20%
More than one sugary food or beverage
58%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
9%
Processed meats
9%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
19%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
4%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
6.2
Starchy staple foods
99%
Whole grains
48%
Foods made from grains
94%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
59%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
65%
Pulses
54%
Nuts or seeds
26%
Vegetables
88%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
29%
Dark green leafy vegetables
31%
Other vegetables
82%
Fruits
80%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
17%
Citrus
32%
Other fruits
70%
Animal-source foods
96%
Dairy
86%
Milk
19%
Yogurt
61%
Cheese
66%
Eggs
53%
Meat, poultry, or fish
73%
Fish or seafood
6%
Poultry
46%
Unprocessed red meat
37%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
37%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
1%
Fast food or instant noodles
3%
Salty or fried snacks
35%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
13%
Instant noodles
2%
Fast food
2%
Deep fried foods
25%
Sweet foods
61%
Baked or grain-based sweets
43%
Other sweets
38%
Sweet beverages
75%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
20%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
66%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
16%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night