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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

Lebanon
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Lebanon. 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 Dec 24, 2021 – Jan 4, 2022
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
56%
All-5
26%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
49%
Vegetables
80%
Fruits
71%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
78%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
38%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
16%
More than one sugary food or beverage
33%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
12%
Processed meats
7%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
26%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
11%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
4.6
Starchy staple foods
98%
Whole grains
58%
Foods made from grains
83%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
49%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
44%
Pulses
33%
Nuts or seeds
15%
Vegetables
80%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
9%
Dark green leafy vegetables
36%
Other vegetables
71%
Fruits
71%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
4%
Citrus
55%
Other fruits
37%
Animal-source foods
84%
Dairy
73%
Milk
24%
Yogurt
49%
Cheese
41%
Eggs
24%
Meat, poultry, or fish
32%
Fish or seafood
6%
Poultry
17%
Unprocessed red meat
9%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
9%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
0%
Fast food or instant noodles
5%
Salty or fried snacks
43%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
19%
Instant noodles
4%
Fast food
2%
Deep fried foods
30%
Sweet foods
25%
Baked or grain-based sweets
9%
Other sweets
20%
Sweet beverages
79%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
16%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
69%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
12%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night