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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

North Macedonia
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for North Macedonia. 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
National DQQ data available
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
79%
All-5
42%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
47%
Vegetables
94%
Fruits
84%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
56%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
87%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
54%
More than one sugary food or beverage
83%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
32%
Processed meats
31%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
5%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
3%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
6
Starchy staple foods
97%
Whole grains
11%
Foods made from grains
93%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
46%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
53%
Pulses
23%
Nuts or seeds
39%
Vegetables
94%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
29%
Dark green leafy vegetables
13%
Other vegetables
92%
Fruits
84%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
31%
Citrus
7%
Other fruits
78%
Animal-source foods
97%
Dairy
86%
Milk
23%
Yogurt
51%
Cheese
75%
Eggs
49%
Meat, poultry, or fish
78%
Fish or seafood
14%
Poultry
28%
Unprocessed red meat
35%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
18%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
18%
Fast food or instant noodles
20%
Salty or fried snacks
53%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
22%
Instant noodles
15%
Fast food
8%
Deep fried foods
37%
Sweet foods
65%
Baked or grain-based sweets
35%
Other sweets
50%
Sweet beverages
94%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
54%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
80%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
46%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night