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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
Iraq
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Iraq. 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
National DQQ data available
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
91%
All-5
47%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
52%
Vegetables
96%
Fruits
71%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
73%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
80%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
52%
More than one sugary food or beverage
77%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
43%
Processed meats
18%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
7%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
2%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
7
Starchy staple foods
96%
Whole grains
33%
Foods made from grains
92%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
55%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
70%
Pulses
58%
Nuts or seeds
44%
Vegetables
96%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
21%
Dark green leafy vegetables
67%
Other vegetables
93%
Fruits
71%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
29%
Citrus
33%
Other fruits
58%
Animal-source foods
98%
Dairy
78%
Milk
37%
Yogurt
59%
Cheese
49%
Eggs
78%
Meat, poultry, or fish
80%
Fish or seafood
27%
Poultry
50%
Unprocessed red meat
38%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
38%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
0%
Fast food or instant noodles
42%
Salty or fried snacks
76%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
23%
Instant noodles
35%
Fast food
16%
Deep fried foods
64%
Sweet foods
62%
Baked or grain-based sweets
49%
Other sweets
36%
Sweet beverages
96%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
52%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
88%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
25%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night