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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)
- Country brief
Kenya
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Kenya. 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 Jul 21 – Aug 20, 2021
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
69%
All-5
38%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
49%
Vegetables
86%
Fruits
70%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
73%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
48%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
22%
More than one sugary food or beverage
45%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
12%
Processed meats
9%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
20%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
7%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
5.6
Starchy staple foods
95%
Whole grains
54%
Foods made from grains
90%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
38%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
56%
Pulses
52%
Nuts or seeds
14%
Vegetables
86%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
27%
Dark green leafy vegetables
65%
Other vegetables
63%
Fruits
70%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
33%
Citrus
32%
Other fruits
58%
Animal-source foods
90%
Dairy
79%
Milk
78%
Yogurt
15%
Cheese
2%
Eggs
32%
Meat, poultry, or fish
47%
Fish or seafood
25%
Poultry
7%
Unprocessed red meat
26%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
24%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
4%
Fast food or instant noodles
9%
Salty or fried snacks
47%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
4%
Instant noodles
7%
Fast food
3%
Deep fried foods
43%
Sweet foods
29%
Baked or grain-based sweets
25%
Other sweets
10%
Sweet beverages
87%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
22%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
82%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
18%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night