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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)
Madagascar
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Madagascar. 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 25 – Sep 13, 2023
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
40%
All-5
22%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
34%
Vegetables
76%
Fruits
52%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
67%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
36%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
9%
More than one sugary food or beverage
33%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
17%
Processed meats
6%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
15%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
17%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
4.4
Starchy staple foods
95%
Whole grains
38%
Foods made from grains
86%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
57%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
50%
Pulses
41%
Nuts or seeds
22%
Vegetables
76%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
24%
Dark green leafy vegetables
62%
Other vegetables
39%
Fruits
52%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
14%
Citrus
32%
Other fruits
37%
Animal-source foods
65%
Dairy
20%
Milk
14%
Yogurt
9%
Cheese
5%
Eggs
21%
Meat, poultry, or fish
58%
Fish or seafood
34%
Poultry
16%
Unprocessed red meat
34%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
27%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
14%
Fast food or instant noodles
24%
Salty or fried snacks
45%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
4%
Instant noodles
23%
Fast food
2%
Deep fried foods
34%
Sweet foods
37%
Baked or grain-based sweets
33%
Other sweets
17%
Sweet beverages
55%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
9%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
50%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
12%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night