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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)
Sri Lanka
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Sri Lanka. 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 11, 2021 – Jan 28, 2022
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
82%
All-5
58%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
66%
Vegetables
89%
Fruits
78%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
87%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
62%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
7%
More than one sugary food or beverage
57%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
9%
Processed meats
11%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
23%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
6%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
6.2
Starchy staple foods
99%
Whole grains
45%
Foods made from grains
99%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
54%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
80%
Pulses
77%
Nuts or seeds
13%
Vegetables
89%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
40%
Dark green leafy vegetables
50%
Other vegetables
76%
Fruits
78%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
44%
Citrus
9%
Other fruits
68%
Animal-source foods
93%
Dairy
64%
Milk
55%
Yogurt
19%
Cheese
3%
Eggs
35%
Meat, poultry, or fish
75%
Fish or seafood
61%
Poultry
23%
Unprocessed red meat
5%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
3%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
2%
Fast food or instant noodles
10%
Salty or fried snacks
32%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
4%
Instant noodles
8%
Fast food
2%
Deep fried foods
26%
Sweet foods
64%
Baked or grain-based sweets
56%
Other sweets
28%
Sweet beverages
76%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
7%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
71%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
7%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night