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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)
Moldova
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Moldova. 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 Aug 6 – Oct 25, 2023
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
79%
All-5
32%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
43%
Vegetables
91%
Fruits
80%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
57%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
77%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
25%
More than one sugary food or beverage
69%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
15%
Processed meats
34%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
6%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
4%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
5.7
Starchy staple foods
96%
Whole grains
32%
Foods made from grains
85%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
63%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
42%
Pulses
17%
Nuts or seeds
31%
Vegetables
91%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
41%
Dark green leafy vegetables
22%
Other vegetables
85%
Fruits
80%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
15%
Citrus
9%
Other fruits
78%
Animal-source foods
94%
Dairy
61%
Milk
22%
Yogurt
24%
Cheese
48%
Eggs
48%
Meat, poultry, or fish
82%
Fish or seafood
21%
Poultry
45%
Unprocessed red meat
38%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
13%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
28%
Fast food or instant noodles
12%
Salty or fried snacks
26%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
12%
Instant noodles
8%
Fast food
5%
Deep fried foods
14%
Sweet foods
61%
Baked or grain-based sweets
36%
Other sweets
44%
Sweet beverages
89%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
25%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
82%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
28%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night