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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)

Jordan
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Jordan. 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 Oct 1 – Oct 27, 2021
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
61%
All-5
28%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
37%
Vegetables
78%
Fruits
61%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
63%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
72%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
45%
More than one sugary food or beverage
69%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
22%
Processed meats
12%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
7%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
12%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
5
Starchy staple foods
92%
Whole grains
30%
Foods made from grains
81%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
36%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
50%
Pulses
37%
Nuts or seeds
24%
Vegetables
78%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
22%
Dark green leafy vegetables
33%
Other vegetables
65%
Fruits
61%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
10%
Citrus
8%
Other fruits
57%
Animal-source foods
89%
Dairy
69%
Milk
15%
Yogurt
54%
Cheese
36%
Eggs
34%
Meat, poultry, or fish
63%
Fish or seafood
11%
Poultry
38%
Unprocessed red meat
21%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
21%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
0%
Fast food or instant noodles
12%
Salty or fried snacks
53%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
28%
Instant noodles
9%
Fast food
4%
Deep fried foods
35%
Sweet foods
53%
Baked or grain-based sweets
35%
Other sweets
35%
Sweet beverages
84%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
45%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
65%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
24%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night