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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)
Lao PDR
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Lao PDR. 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 Sep 30, 2021 – Jan 14, 2022
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
73%
All-5
27%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
33%
Vegetables
91%
Fruits
74%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
40%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
57%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
31%
More than one sugary food or beverage
46%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
24%
Processed meats
33%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
8%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
5%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
5.6
Starchy staple foods
100%
Whole grains
16%
Foods made from grains
100%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
31%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
32%
Pulses
19%
Nuts or seeds
20%
Vegetables
91%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
34%
Dark green leafy vegetables
70%
Other vegetables
80%
Fruits
74%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
28%
Citrus
30%
Other fruits
62%
Animal-source foods
92%
Dairy
16%
Milk
12%
Yogurt
3%
Cheese
2%
Eggs
45%
Meat, poultry, or fish
89%
Fish or seafood
45%
Poultry
40%
Unprocessed red meat
65%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
29%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
54%
Fast food or instant noodles
27%
Salty or fried snacks
41%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
9%
Instant noodles
27%
Fast food
0%
Deep fried foods
19%
Sweet foods
42%
Baked or grain-based sweets
29%
Other sweets
29%
Sweet beverages
51%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
31%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
30%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
16%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night