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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)
Mali
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Mali. 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 Oct 8 – Nov 3, 2022
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
58%
All-5
32%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
41%
Vegetables
85%
Fruits
48%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
86%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
52%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
15%
More than one sugary food or beverage
48%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
12%
Processed meats
14%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
13%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
12%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
5.2
Starchy staple foods
98%
Whole grains
63%
Foods made from grains
93%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
24%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
65%
Pulses
20%
Nuts or seeds
59%
Vegetables
85%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
21%
Dark green leafy vegetables
52%
Other vegetables
74%
Fruits
48%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
8%
Citrus
18%
Other fruits
41%
Animal-source foods
82%
Dairy
52%
Milk
37%
Yogurt
32%
Cheese
8%
Eggs
18%
Meat, poultry, or fish
74%
Fish or seafood
46%
Poultry
15%
Unprocessed red meat
45%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
45%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
2%
Fast food or instant noodles
5%
Salty or fried snacks
32%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
8%
Instant noodles
3%
Fast food
3%
Deep fried foods
27%
Sweet foods
41%
Baked or grain-based sweets
25%
Other sweets
27%
Sweet beverages
81%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
15%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
77%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
21%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night