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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)
Mexico
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Mexico. 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 9, 2021 – Mar 1, 2022
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
86%
All-5
55%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
72%
Vegetables
88%
Fruits
85%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
93%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
82%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
38%
More than one sugary food or beverage
76%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
17%
Processed meats
41%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
13%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
4%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
6.7
Starchy staple foods
95%
Whole grains
80%
Foods made from grains
74%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
29%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
75%
Pulses
66%
Nuts or seeds
31%
Vegetables
88%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
48%
Dark green leafy vegetables
26%
Other vegetables
85%
Fruits
85%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
24%
Citrus
52%
Other fruits
74%
Animal-source foods
97%
Dairy
72%
Milk
46%
Yogurt
20%
Cheese
44%
Eggs
65%
Meat, poultry, or fish
87%
Fish or seafood
17%
Poultry
48%
Unprocessed red meat
46%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
32%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
22%
Fast food or instant noodles
9%
Salty or fried snacks
27%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
19%
Instant noodles
7%
Fast food
4%
Deep fried foods
8%
Sweet foods
63%
Baked or grain-based sweets
54%
Other sweets
28%
Sweet beverages
88%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
38%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
68%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
49%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night